PartnersPal Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I have a 13 month old BC that I want to train to "down" at a distance. I have been working with her on developing a "down/stay" -- walking away and then calling her. She has been doing very good to the point where I am moving on to "proof" training her down/stay and recall. I want to be able to put her in a down stay, walk away 30 to 50 feet, call her and then stop her in the middle of recall and have her drop where she is. I am mostly working with a clicker. So far, when I tell her to "down" in the middle of a recall she continues to come and downs at my feet. Any suggestions? PartnersPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I started working on this recently, and just this morning had a big success! Buzz was flying toward me at the park from maybe 60 ft away, I said 'down' at about the 40' mark, and he downed! Anyway, I started inside. Buzz (or any of them, I tend to train the same thing to all three) at my side in a sit/stay, I toss a piece of kibble a couple ft away, release B, he goes for the kibble and I say 'down' after he's got the kibble and is that 2 or 3 ft away from me. B was puzzled at first, but did the down at that short distance. I toss another piece of kibble to reward. Repeat, repeat, repeat, gradually adding distance in the house. Then out to the back yard, start a bit closer again, repeat repeat repeat, gradually increasing distance and fading the set up. So, in the back yard, I can cue him to come to me, and 'down' him at any point, then reward, usually with the ball or a good brisk neck scratch. Today we triumphed at the park. We've been working on recalls there and he's doing well, so I tossed in the down and he did it! Hooray! If that's not clear, post and I'll provide more detail. Ruth n the BC3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 This is a great thing to teach your dog to do. How I did it was put Piper in a down/stay, walk away 30+ feet and then call her to me, we did this a couple of times and then put her in another down/stay, half way to me I said "DOWN" (like I mean't it) and used handsignals. I don't use a clicker but rather hand signals because you (a dog) can see hand signals a field length away but not always a clicker. The first time, she went down and then oozed towards me, but the other times she did it, she did it right, no ooozing. I was pretty proud of myself, because usually it is the husband that trains her and I'm just the playmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INU Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I asked a similar question a while back and received great suggestions. Mine did the same thing - crawls to my feet and down there. After a couple of sessions. another thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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