Have been working this one but not been able to get it right. My dog Kaiser can do the bow, but I am not able to get him to hold it. He ends up just lying down. I have tried to mark(click) at the right moment when his front end is down and rear end is up. He will do it for a second but finally plop down.
Is thre any special trick in traching the dog to hold the Bow.
Off the top of my head, the two things I might try would be first to simple stroke the dog along the underside of the belly when she lays down, encouraging her to raise her hind end up, while continuing to lure her into the bow from the front.
The second the front end pops back up, mark and reward again.
The other would be to use the rubber bowls that we often use to teach touch pads, and have her stand with just her back feet on it.
With her feet elevated and independent from her front feet, she's less likely to lay down, and more likely to hold the bow.
Do you have a special command for duration? I've always used "stay" as a sort of cue and then phase it out gradually. It seems to help the comprehension process for stuff like this.
I've also been working on this exact trick with my dog and I have mostly slippery floors in my house. It was very uncomfortable for her to hold the position for very long simply because 1.her feet kept slipping and 2.her toenails were too long, so she would lie down. Moving to carpet/grass helped a lot.
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I don't. I just slowly (very gradually) stretch the marker's timing AFTER the command itself is 100%. By slowly (at first), I mean two seconds later rather than instantly.
I use "good" said in quiet, calm voice to let him know that is the behavor I want but to hold it. It helped prevent Falcon going to another behavior thinking he wasn't doing what I wanted.
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