Hot Rod knows the sit and down really well. I make him sit whenever I put on and take his leash off and for treats. Hot Rod knows how to crawl, just make sure Cookie is down and then just keep the treat in front of her and pull back slowly and say crawl. Hot Rod will exaggerate his paw movements sometimes and it looks like he is swimming.
He knows his right and left paw but sometimes I may need to repeat which paw-I ask for both each time differently just to keep it fresh. I started to ask for the specific paw and then when I had it in my hand, I kept repeating which paw. Actually I'd taught one of my cats that also.
Hubby taught him to speak. I think hubby barked at Hot Rod to get him to bark back and then told him that was speak...I'm not real sure how he did it. I do know that he uses a hand signal for speak and Hot Rod really does know what it means!
We're in puppy school now and we are learning stay...he's doing pretty good. We've gotten so we can get up and walk away for about 30 seconds.
I think I had him rolling over somewhat, but I haven't done anything with that in about a month so it will be starting from scratch with that.
He's gotten a lot better at come (from puppy school) too--still needs some work. I really want to make sure that he knows that one!
For me, I would teach him one thing and repeat it for about a week and then move on to the next thing for about a week, throwing in what he'd learn already a few times too. and so on and so on.
Good Luck with Cookie! |