My "place" command is to sit between my legs, I just happened to choose that word or steal it for the command.
Connie your place is where ever or what ever place you want your dog?
Do you use a hand signal for direction to that place and what about your dogs position sit or down does it matter for you?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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It's a mat. I have more than one, and they can be moved (although they are usually in the same two rooms, same two spots).
Point or "place" both work. "Place" is just "go to the mat," and there is no position embedded in the command.
Go to the mat and sit or lie down or do what you want. Just be on the mat.
The way I use place, I really have no reason to require a position. It's just "get out of my way" or "don't be near the dinner table, coffee table, whatever."
This is interesting. "Place" means something totally different in my dogs' world. It is a formal command meaning finish or return to a sitting position at my left side. So for example, I call dog on a formal recall, "Come!" Dog sits in front of me. I say "Place!" and dog wheels around and sits at my left side. But if I want the dog to return to a heel position by going around me to my right, the command is "Circle."
If I want the dogs to go to their dog beds and lie down, I say, "Get in your bed." If I want them to just go to a place and stay there until released, I would direct them to where I want them and say "Wait." "Wait" is different than a stay in that I don't care if they move from a sit to a down or move their feet a bit, as long as they remain in the area I asked them to be.
For us, place is any raised or marked off location that the dog can easily see or identify like a mat, piece of carpet, bed, agility pause platform, etc. Doesn't matter if the dog is in a sit or down, just as long as they are on their place and they stay there until released.
Tanya Moyer Webboard User Reg: 01-18-2012
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Our "place" command is to move between my legs and stay there until I release you. I love this position as it gives me a lot of control using my legs to 1) guide him forward or backward, 2) if a dog/person approaches I have more control of his body and I can easily go to a sit/down position while holding him. My heel command is "side" (go and stay by my side) and then "walk with me" to move forward. "Contact" is touch my body and stay close to me. I also use "closer" when I want Enzo to do whatever he is doing but get closer to me.
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