No, but I sure tried for a few days. I gave up when she didn't show any interest. 
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Well hopefully someone could give us some guidance!!!!No, but I sure tried for a few days. I gave up when she didn't show any interest.
Amen!
I've taught all my dogs to do it... It's really easy
After they learn "down", I just bait their head to the ground with yummy treats until their ear touches the floor (sometimes you have to tip them poer yourself) and they get it in about 5 tries.
After they learn "down", I just bait their head to the ground with yummy treats until their ear touches the floor (sometimes you have to tip them poer yourself) and they get it in about 5 tries.
thank you I will certainly try it!I've taught all my dogs to do it... It's really easy
After they learn "down", I just bait their head to the ground with yummy treats until their ear touches the floor (sometimes you have to tip them poer yourself) and they get it in about 5 tries.
I clicker trained Buddy to do it. Clicker training is super easy! First you have to "charge" the clicker. Just click and treat, click and treat, over and over, until you are in a different room and you click and your dog either snaps his head around to look for you or comes running. Then you know that he has connected the click to a treat. Then you start to have fun with it! Start with a command he knows. Tell him "Sit" the second his behind hits the floor, click and treat. He'll soon realize that the click sound means "you did good! I owe you a treat for that!"
I trained Buddy very similar to Jax's mom. First Buddy was in a "down", then I baited him with a treat, in front of his nose, but a little bit to the side of his face, so he had to turn his head. Once he smelled the treat and turned his head, I moved the treat toward the back of his head, and he rolled on to his side to try to keep the treat in view (or in smell, lol.) As soon as he was on his side, I clicked and gave him a treat. It only takes a few times of this baiting for the dog to get "if I roll on my side, I get a treat." Then he was practically throwing himself down on his side, lol, to get the click and treat. After he gets laying on his side down pat, don't click and treat until his head is down (just bait his head down with a treat once he's on his side.) The second his head is down, click and treat. Then move to not clicking until he has his head down for a few seconds. Then move to not clicking until he has his head down for a few seconds and the rest of him is completely still. (Buddy still has a hard time with the completely still thing, lol!) As soon as the dog is doing the whole trick all on his own, then you can add a name to the trick. Once you say the name of the trick and the dog is doing it, you can remove the clicker.
You can teach him w/out a clicker, too, it's just that clicker makes the training go faster. W/out a clicker, do the same steps, but only treat, don't click first.
Instead of "play dead" our word for that trick is "chill." It's so funny. We say, "Buddy, chill!" and he throws himself down on his side. He throws himself down so fast that I sometimes worry he's going to hurt himself, lol!! It's one of my favorite tricks that he does.
Hope this helps! Have fun!!!
I trained Buddy very similar to Jax's mom. First Buddy was in a "down", then I baited him with a treat, in front of his nose, but a little bit to the side of his face, so he had to turn his head. Once he smelled the treat and turned his head, I moved the treat toward the back of his head, and he rolled on to his side to try to keep the treat in view (or in smell, lol.) As soon as he was on his side, I clicked and gave him a treat. It only takes a few times of this baiting for the dog to get "if I roll on my side, I get a treat." Then he was practically throwing himself down on his side, lol, to get the click and treat. After he gets laying on his side down pat, don't click and treat until his head is down (just bait his head down with a treat once he's on his side.) The second his head is down, click and treat. Then move to not clicking until he has his head down for a few seconds. Then move to not clicking until he has his head down for a few seconds and the rest of him is completely still. (Buddy still has a hard time with the completely still thing, lol!) As soon as the dog is doing the whole trick all on his own, then you can add a name to the trick. Once you say the name of the trick and the dog is doing it, you can remove the clicker.
You can teach him w/out a clicker, too, it's just that clicker makes the training go faster. W/out a clicker, do the same steps, but only treat, don't click first.
Instead of "play dead" our word for that trick is "chill." It's so funny. We say, "Buddy, chill!" and he throws himself down on his side. He throws himself down so fast that I sometimes worry he's going to hurt himself, lol!! It's one of my favorite tricks that he does.
Hope this helps! Have fun!!!
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