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corgimom · 07-29-2006, 08:10 AM

Chips mom,

I taught Cody to lie down- he has been doing it for quite awhile.It is to the point now that once he sits, I can now just give the "hand signal" with no words and he automatically lies down.

I think the "lie down" would be fine for Chip since he associates just "down" with something else. When Chip is sitting, can you lower the treat to the floor in front of his nose and at the same time slide your hand under his front legs so that would encourage him to go into the lie down position? and at the same time saying "Lay down"(I think that I am now recalling that this is what I did) and then immediately reward him with a small treat and lots of praise.

I have found that I already had taught Cody some commands using my own words and then in class, they may use something else - so rather than confuse him, I stick to what I already taught him.

The neighbor kids wanted to try and give him treats last night and get him to do some tricks, so I helped them and Cody did the "shake paw" for them and "roll over", but first, he had to give them all his Corgi kisses on their toes and then their faces. Once he greats them and gets over the initial "wiggles", then he lays down on the grass and is usually pretty quiet.

linda

07-29-2006, 08:10 AM	#23 (permalink)
corgimom Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,199	Chips mom, I taught Cody to lie down- he has been doing it for quite awhile.It is to the point now that once he sits, I can now just give the "hand signal" with no words and he automatically lies down. I think the "lie down" would be fine for Chip since he associates just "down" with something else. When Chip is sitting, can you lower the treat to the floor in front of his nose and at the same time slide your hand under his front legs so that would encourage him to go into the lie down position? and at the same time saying "Lay down"(I think that I am now recalling that this is what I did) and then immediately reward him with a small treat and lots of praise. I have found that I already had taught Cody some commands using my own words and then in class, they may use something else - so rather than confuse him, I stick to what I already taught him. The neighbor kids wanted to try and give him treats last night and get him to do some tricks, so I helped them and Cody did the "shake paw" for them and "roll over", but first, he had to give them all his Corgi kisses on their toes and then their faces. Once he greats them and gets over the initial "wiggles", then he lays down on the grass and is usually pretty quiet. linda Last edited by corgimom; 07-29-2006 at 08:20 AM.