We have taught Sully to lay down either on "his bed" in the kitchen or on the kitchen rug, on the opposite side of the kitchen as our dinner table, and sit there and be good. No begging, and of course we NEVER feed him people food. "What goes in must come out," as I always say....and so Sully only eats premium dog food (the best I can find).
Yes, Minute One! LOL. We taught Sully to sit, shake and lay down within our 1st two days of having him home! He came home at 10 weeks old, and by 11 weeks, he could sit, shake, lay down, play dead and come when called. Ah, and behave himself during dinner time...which, actuallly, when he was a puppy, he spent a ton of time in his crate.
We were SO strict with his crate training and Sully did SO well, that these days we don't even use the crate, realy. We have taken it apart and now use the top and bottom as beds (we put a pillow in each) and he loves it. But, we do have the pieces to put back together if ever we need the crate again, which we do from time to time.
Good luck! And you know you can always ask ?'s here with us! (And I suggest doing searches for old threads about all sorts of stuff....I learned a lot that way when I 1st joined YT!)
Dash is an adorable name! I can't wait to see pics of him!!! |