Ranger is awesome at clicker training. He knows sit, wait, back up, high 5, roll over, leave it, etc. His down however is giving me fits. Probably because he thinks we're doing roll over, he ALWAYS lays on his side. It's never a straight down and if he does manage to 'hit it' it's so quick I don't have time to C/T.
Any suggestions as to teaching him the difference so he will down 'straight'??
sounds like you will need to re-teach the down completly, like start from the very beginning, as in from the lure, no command, etc...the exercise isnt clear to the dog at this point, right?
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Put him up on something like a crate or coffee table. Something steady, but without a lot of room. Then go back to the beginning like Scott said. If he's standing at the edge of something and doesnt have a lot of room, its fairly easy to lure him into kind of backing into a straight down. Be a little quicker with the reward and release too, so he doesnt have time to roll.
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Also Deb, I'm not talking about putting him up on something thats high enough to make him nervous or feel insecure. It could be something like a low platform that will re-shape his down into that drop down, straight down. If he's just not comfortable on anything, try something like pvc or wood that can be a small barrier to make it clear not to come forward or roll sideways.
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