Comments on: Ways to teach my dog some cool tricks? http://holydogwater.com/ways-to-teach-my-dog-some-cool-tricks.html Refreshment for Man's Best Friend Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sarah http://holydogwater.com/ways-to-teach-my-dog-some-cool-tricks.html/comment-page-1#comment-164 Sarah Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:51:23 +0000 #comment-164 I have a 5 month german shepherd puppy and she's the same way. Quite the short attention span. She just graduated from puppy class at Petsmart and rolling over was one of the things we learned. Have her lay down and take a treat and have her notice it. Take the treat in your hand and lead the dogs nose back to their shoulder. She should instinctively start to roll onto her side. As she does continue to bring the treat around until she is completely rolled over. Do not say the command "roll over" until she is at least on her back. Then praise her lavishly once she has completed it. Some larger dogs though simply don't like being on their backs because it's uncomfortable for them. I'm not sure how big a Collie/Chow mix could be, but this could be why she doesn't want to do it. Petsmart training could be up your ally. The trainers are really good at finding ways to get your dogs to focus, and have a lot of different methods. And some more commands if you want to try: drop it, leave it, spin, bow, crawl, take it... all that can be trained easily with treats and praise I have a 5 month german shepherd puppy and she’s the same way. Quite the short attention span. She just graduated from puppy class at Petsmart and rolling over was one of the things we learned. Have her lay down and take a treat and have her notice it. Take the treat in your hand and lead the dogs nose back to their shoulder. She should instinctively start to roll onto her side. As she does continue to bring the treat around until she is completely rolled over. Do not say the command "roll over" until she is at least on her back. Then praise her lavishly once she has completed it.

Some larger dogs though simply don’t like being on their backs because it’s uncomfortable for them. I’m not sure how big a Collie/Chow mix could be, but this could be why she doesn’t want to do it. Petsmart training could be up your ally. The trainers are really good at finding ways to get your dogs to focus, and have a lot of different methods.

And some more commands if you want to try: drop it, leave it, spin, bow, crawl, take it… all that can be trained easily with treats and praise

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