I have Ed's Puppy 8 Wks to 8 Months DVD, and the Basic Obedience DVD as well. I have been training Kodee on the basics (he's not quite 15 weeks old). He is pretty reliable on most of the commands I've taught him, which are: Come, Sit, Down, Touch, Watch Me, Leave It. We are in the very beginning stages on each command (no corrections - just the learning phase at this point). So needless to say, he is not 100% on each command, but doing well enough I think he understands what I'm telling him to do.

My question is this: I know that someone once posted about their puppy holding his position, and in response, Ed had mentioned that they were expecting the puppy to stay way too long at that age (don't remember how old the pup was). So, what is the appropriate length of time that a dog should hold a position (either "sit" or "down"). Is there a list somewhere, because I don't remember this being mentioned, at least not in detail, on the DVD's. (I not teaching "Stay" as a separate command, just having Kodee hold his position a little longer before rewarding him).

Also, can you work on increasing the length of time on both sit and down at the same time? Or should you work on increasing time on "sits" (for example) before working on increasing "downs"?

Thanks for your input!

I think it goes from dog to dog, and could depend on the breed of dog.

Please realize that your dogs brain is still growing, so take things slow and be patient as well.

I know from my first dog, it took like a year to get long downs and sits (he's up to about 15 min downs now),but he was a real hard ass, and would only work for food for a long time.

With my 2nd dog, it only took about 2-3 months.

Puppies are all over the place and get distracted easy, so be patient.

hope that helps, i can't offer times you should be expecting, since every dog should be different.