I'm still having issues with teaching Rizzo from a standing position. The only command he'll do with me standing up is "sit". I sit on the floor with his treats and go through the command until he gets it, then I gradually start to raise up. I go to my knees, then I go to a sort of "squat" position, then bending over, and with sit, I can do standing up completly. For "down", and "up" I still have to hunch over but still working on it.
Once we get those commands down we'll work on "bow" (need to find another word for that, my bf pointed out that to a dog, bow and down could sound really similar), then well get "stay", I've been gradually working "back off" and "leave it" into his head, but he just wont "back off" or "leave it" the cat, lol. (lucky for me the cat isn't aggressive)
I hope I was somewhat helpful, I think these little ones just don't trust that they'll get the treat unless it's at their level. Oh and if you dont already, name you treats, as silly as that sounds. Since Rizzo gets excited and follows his nose and will ignore me when I say "come here" I just say "Rizzo, treatsies!" and he'll come running no matter what he is doing, lol. He sure is a food motivated little guy. |