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Retraining Command?
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Retraining Command?
Hello! Brand spanking new member here, and thought I’d dive right in!
My question is about retraining the down command, with proper biomechanics. I realize I’ve made the common mistake of asking from the sit too frequently, and he definitely crawls into it vs. folding. Would it be best practice to use a new command, even different language, to ease the transition?
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I’m in the same boat. In tried retraining with the same command and that only seemed to frustrate and confuse my pup, so I tried switching to a new command word, but that didn’t seem to help. Whereas before she was already lying down (crawling forward from a sit) on command, both verbal and with a hand signal, now we’re still having to lure her into the new down motion with a treat and she’s just not getting the command. And in all of this she seems to have forgotten how to lie down the other way — which I guess is a good thing?
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