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Pawsies · 10-26-2007, 03:40 PM

Unfortunately it's hard when a dog has learnt other commands to learn stand. It's possible though!
We found this out the hard way for conformation (I'd taught my cardigan to sit/down/come/stay before teaching the stand)

Have you tried clicker training?

Find a room with little distraction, occupy yourself with treats (but don't let him see them), wait till he stands nice and still (it's the patience game). Even if his legs aren't in the right position, click and treat. Keep doing this and DO NOT reward any downs/sits/comes etc. Eventually he is going to realize that actually stand is what you want, then add the cue/hand signal.

It'll take a while for him to figure it out but that's the joy of clicker training!

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Pawsies Member Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 41 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England	10-26-2007, 03:40 PM Unfortunately it's hard when a dog has learnt other commands to learn stand. It's possible though! We found this out the hard way for conformation (I'd taught my cardigan to sit/down/come/stay before teaching the stand) Have you tried clicker training? Find a room with little distraction, occupy yourself with treats (but don't let him see them), wait till he stands nice and still (it's the patience game). Even if his legs aren't in the right position, click and treat. Keep doing this and DO NOT reward any downs/sits/comes etc. Eventually he is going to realize that actually stand is what you want, then add the cue/hand signal. It'll take a while for him to figure it out but that's the joy of clicker training!