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Originally Posted by Llutz  I'm trying to teach Enzo the lie down command too! I was just about to start a thread asking for help! I can't get him to catch on! I've googled it and try and do what they say to do, but he looks around like "Wtf" is she asking me to do? Any tips or tricks to help? He caught on to most of the other commands almost within a day, this one I/he can't master  |
I started to teach Chloe with hand signals and she caught on quicker than with just me saying the word. I also try to show her what I want her to do, for example if I want her to lay down, she always lays down when I bring my hand to the floor but I started to actually lay down myself and she copies me! This is how I taught her "paw" I put my own hand into my other hand and say paw.. Then when I tell her paw she actually does the same thing that I showed her lol. I also put in the old tricks into the training session so she remembers. I think eventually with practice our fur babies will be able to do the tricks without hand motions, etc but for now I'm just trying to teach her the meaning of the words so she grasps on to it.. But I definitely don't plan on always laying down when I want her to lay down haha.. Just for now!
Also if you can't get Enzo to lie down at all, sit on the floor and bend your knees so you can make a "tunnel" for him just enough for him to go through it. Then move the treat under and he should follow.. And end up laying down! That's how I started for the first 2 days and she learned like that at first.