Kristin Muntz Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2012
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Yes, he goes into a nice straight down, I mark, then he's like..... leaaan. FLOP. At which point I go ARGH! And he gives me that look in the pic above and then I'm like AWH. I got a PERFECT platz out of him last night after I tired him out in the back yard, and a couple of really nice ones at lunchtime today. Trying to add duration has been completely new.
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005
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ok, so it goes like this:
down
dog goes into good down
the SECOND he's in the good down (and i mean the second he's down)
you mark Yes, and before you can even treat him, he leans?
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Yep. Most of the time. Almost like he's planting his feet too close together? It really seems like a nice wide stance would resolve the issue, but how do you train that apart from making him understand that the other way is not what is wanted?
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When you teach them to back into a down, they fold their rear legs up like a sphinx and they go down straighter, and usually faster. When you let him come forward, thats when they can get into the habit of flopping down, kinda lazy. The quick release will be what you need in the beginning to keep his attitude up because that anticipation is what holds him in that sphinx position.
You add duration before the release slowly, to keep using that anticipation. Have you seen video of luring a dog down by pushing the food at him, down between his front legs?
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