The emergency DOWN command
This is supposed to be great for use if you are outside off leash and your baby wonders too close to a street or gets away from you etc.... |
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| How did you train Pooh to do that? Had you also trained him with a Down command? My girl knows down, but she's stubborn with it, I'd like to try to teach her an emergency command like that.
Thanks |
| We started with sit. We did both verbal command and hand signal teaching at the same time, we did not use the clicker method. With treats, say sit and help him but his but to the floor--it's easier if you hold the treat over his head, makes the dog look up and makes it easier to guid e the butt to the floor.
Them we did "Lie" not Down--down is for getting him off of people and furniture. Lie from a sitting position was easy--simply move the treat from his nose to the floor while saying Lie or Down. Eventually, using a head to floor motion with my hand and saying Lie he understood. Once we had Sit and Lie, I would get him into Lie then say BANG and push (gently) him over to the lying on his side position...then praise and treat. You have to do this 5-6 times per day at intervals. Make training fun. Now whenever we say BANG he does it. Unless we are outdside---still working on that! |
| In class, we were working on the emergency down command and teaching it with a hand command.
Most dogs try to come to their owners if they see them. If your dog is across a busy street they may not be able to hear you yell a command. The signal we learned was to put your arm straight up in the air. That way they can see it no matter what and it is very different than anything else they may learn; there is no mistaking it for something else. As soon as you give the command they should lay down and stay down unitl you come and get them. |
| I am really gonna have to teach my dogs this. What a great command,
especially for those of us who live or walk the dogs on traffic streets. You just never know! I would think - like jsmarcus did - it would be best if the dog knows and follows basic commands well first though. Tuck usually does what I ask, so I need to work on always! Shellie |
| I have found that when teaching the sit command it's great to hold a treat right at your chest or even face (so they'll learn to watch you) and say sit. When a dog's nose goes up his butt goes down. Now when I want my girl to sit I just pat my chest.
Also, my trainer told me that when you teach the "down" or "lie" command you should throw the treat on the floor rather than follow your hand. |
| I had a dog trainer in the store yesterday and asked him about the "emergency" down command. I have no problems with Pud as long as he is close to me, he will down. The tip he gave me was to put him on a 20' or so lead, then tell him down. With the lead attached, you have a way to "enforce" the command. It made sense to me, with no way to enforce the command, why should they do it. I tried this with the Monster last night, but I must say he was just too happy for Mom and Dad to be home to listen. I'll try again this weekend when he has had time with us. |
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