PeggyBayer Webboard User Reg: 08-14-2006
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Jose,
I find this interesting because my dog "Buddy" does the same thing. If my husband is sitting on the couch and he calls Buddy over to him and tells Buddy to "sit". Buddy will back up 1-2 steps and sit. Then my husband will say "what did you back up for", and thats what brought it to my attention. So I started watching their interaction. If Buddy sits right next to my husband "Ray", then Ray will pat-pat-pat Buddy on top of his head and the dog doesn't really like that. Instead he likes his head, ears, neck and chest rubbed so by taking a step or two back it forces my husband to lean forward and he will then just rub Buddy on his neck or chest. Which is exactly what the dog wants. I have watched this repeat itself over and over, Buddy only backs up like that if Ray is sitting down, other then that he will sit without moving backwards. I have also noticed that Buddy doesn't really like to be face to face with us, he will usually turn his head away when our face is that close to his. I think like people, dogs have their own little quirks and these seem to be a couple of Buddys.
Buddy is just a house pet so this isn't anything that I will bother to change so can't help you with how to stop your dog from backing up. I do wonder if you are sitting, stooping or leaning over your dog when you are asking for the sit? It may be that if you stand up stright and ask for the sit, he will just sit down without moving backwards.
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Quote: Connie Sutherland
I wonder if the O.P.'s dog's love of hugging (and whatever he sees as proper hugging position) somehow comes into play here.....
Thanks Connie, thats kind of what I was wondering about also. That or the dog backs up a step or two because he doesn't like sitting that close face to face.
Put the dog's butt in a corner/blocked with chairs/etc when your teaching the sit. Somewhere he can't back up.
I tried this as well, the problem was that he would begin to sit at an angle trying to avoid the wall( rolloing his hip). This became something new for him, he only does it when he is up against the wall like you say. This will leave a bad sit inprint that i do not want. A couple of times he has come close for a great looking sit, even though my body position has not changed.
I am trying to pinpoint what it is that makes him back up..
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Maybe you can break this up to two steps, first use the wall to teach the dog to sit without backing up first, then you could work on repositioning the sit?
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No, my own pup would sit leaning more to one side or the other at first, I think lots of puppies do that anyway. But as we continued to work on his sit command he just started to sit up stright.
Yeah i know what you mean, maybee i'm beeing too strict.
He sit's a straight and look great when he allowed to sit away from me,(About 2 feet or so). When i try to get him to sit closer and put his rear against a corner, he starts to role on me.
I wish i knew what he was thinking, fear, confusion, anxiety or all??
Man, i hope he comes out of this soon.
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