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Originally Posted by yorkiegirl83  I would go elsewhere and ask for a refund. This "trainer" doesn't seem very knowledgable in dog training. I have always been told you should NEVER force your dog into a sit or any other position. Once they sit on their own, you praise like crazy and treat.
Can I give you some advice you could work on w/your baby that worked w/mine? Mckenzie is very hard to train and I read this in the book "The Loved Dog" by Tamar Gellar, I believe.
You go into a smaller room w/no distractions like a bathroom and just sit there with treats. Once your furbaby sits, lays, or whatever you want them to do on their own w/o any instruction you praise like crazy saying sit sit sit or down down down or whatever the command is and treat.
There's no force and they did the action on their own, and they will connect that sitting, ect = treat.
I really hope you can get your money back. It seems like the trainer isn't addressing the needs of all the dogs in the class and isn't interested in making the owners comfortable. |
I will try that. So you dont do anything? Just wait for them to do something and then say the command and give a treat? I will try it but I feel like I will be waiting forever! The way I learned from my books was to lead them into the postion with the treats. After I couldnt get her to lay because she was already close enough to the ground to get the treat, I kinda gave up. She knows how to "sit pretty" though
