I'm visiting Cindy and Ed and an interesting question as to how to deal with "Hover Butt Syndrome". I have a dog that is having a real issue with completing his sit when the drive is very intense. Any ideas on how to make the sit clear to the dog? How have you dealt with this issue? Thanks, Roni
We have a dog on our club with the same problem. Intense drive and takes forever to settle into the sit. We train totally motivational and the dog gets nothing till the butt is completely on the ground. If he takes to long, the exercise is broken off with a "Nope"! "You blew it"! Walk away and try again 15-20 seconds later.
It IS comming around but with the off the wall drive this dog has it's slow.
Work it as a separate exercise, not when trying to foose, retrieve, etc.
Also, you may want to use food as the initial reward. A toy/ball may keep the dog to high in drive for clear thinking. Once the exercise is REALLY solid with food you can bring in the toy/ball.
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My female is like the one that Bob described & I handeled the situation the same way. I would just say 'no' turn my back for a couple of seconds & then turn back & say the command again. If the 2nd or 3rd time didn't work, I would ask for a command that I knew she was better able to comply with in that elevated drive state ( & this is a dog that has extremely high drive like the better Mals) so that she could be rewarded with a 'good' & given a food reward & then I would reask the 'sit' command & it would usually work. Now when she doesn't sit or down all the way due to her over the top drive...I just say 'no...all the way' & she will comply. I also agree that a food reward is much better for a dog in that state of mind...a toy or tug reward, I found, just make the situation worse in that it elevates her drive more!! JMO
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