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Tashasmom · 03-03-2006, 12:09 PM

when you want to get him to bark you need to find something that makes him bark like say seeing a certain stuffed animal makes him bark get the stuffed animal and as you show it to him say speak then when he does praise him..tell him good boy good speak..keep doing it and eventually he will understand what he is doing and do it on command..
on the lay down..after you make him sit..i use treats on this one..put the treat in front of his nose then lower the treat to the floor as he follows say lay down..as soon as he is laying down give him the treat and tell him good lay down..always praise ALOT when they are doing as you ask..and never train for long periods of time..and always give him a release command to let him know you are done training..for example you have trained..have a ball or toy he likes..when you are done training tell him release and allow him to go play with the ball..
roll over..after he his laying down take a treat in front of his nose and move your arm in a roll over position so that he follows it will take a few times but he will soon understand..then praise and give him the treat..
If your training though..you want to make sure you have one trick totally mastered before you move to the next..make sure he is sitting everytime you ask him without the treat before you move on to the next..
hope this helps..

03-03-2006, 12:09 PM	#6
Tashasmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 950	hello when you want to get him to bark you need to find something that makes him bark like say seeing a certain stuffed animal makes him bark get the stuffed animal and as you show it to him say speak then when he does praise him..tell him good boy good speak..keep doing it and eventually he will understand what he is doing and do it on command.. on the lay down..after you make him sit..i use treats on this one..put the treat in front of his nose then lower the treat to the floor as he follows say lay down..as soon as he is laying down give him the treat and tell him good lay down..always praise ALOT when they are doing as you ask..and never train for long periods of time..and always give him a release command to let him know you are done training..for example you have trained..have a ball or toy he likes..when you are done training tell him release and allow him to go play with the ball.. roll over..after he his laying down take a treat in front of his nose and move your arm in a roll over position so that he follows it will take a few times but he will soon understand..then praise and give him the treat.. If your training though..you want to make sure you have one trick totally mastered before you move to the next..make sure he is sitting everytime you ask him without the treat before you move on to the next.. hope this helps..