Does Ed teach the place command in this DVD? That's one command we don't know how to teach or go about teaching. Thanks.

I can't remember for sure, but I don't think it does. Anyone else recall?

If you are wondering whether to get the DVD (#302), I would say a big YES, because there is so much (hours) in it.

About teaching "place." It's a fun command to teach. First, are you marker-training?

Yes, I marker trained him to sit, watch me, down, stay, come but I have no idea how to teach place. Is it similar to stay?

Does the dog know “Sit,” “Down,” and "Down" from a distance? That would be ideal. However, I did teach Place to my latest acquisition without down. (He has ruptured spinal disks, and I have not taught him down at all yet.)

Not until I started adding duration did I add sit (which he already knew) to the place command. Depends on what you want, I guess, but I didn't care what he did on the mat. I just wanted him to go to it and be on it. I added "sit" just so that he started to understand that he did not have to stand there.

Here is what I did. I lured him onto the mat. As soon as all four feet were on the mat, I marked and rewarded.

I used more than one mat so we could have portable "place."

I did not introduce duration or distractions for quite a while. Just "all four paws on the mat."

I was as slow and gradual with my distance from him as you would be with "stay." I actually don't teach "stay," preferring to add duration to each command so that the command is adhered to until the release.

Distractions could be the doorbell or knocking, or you moving out of sight. But again, I was very slow with adding distractions.

Yes he does teach the place command in the DVD. He talks about it quite a bit and references that it is the second most important command to the recall. Does a nice job. Basically what Connie just said is how Ed explains it.

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Yes he does teach the place command in the DVD. He talks about it quite a bit

Shame on me, then, because I have watched that video more than once and have "assigned" it to new owners.

But I'm old and I haven't watched it in a couple of years.

Thanks Connie and Chris,

I can't wait to get my dvd. I'm sure it's ten times better than any class I could take with Enoch.