Trick Train Off: Bow

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

Were you in a hotel? Good looking bow!

[skKi]

Haha, no, that's my apartment hall. It's the only place here with enough space to do any training. And thanks!

[lisabobisa]

Looks great! That's the signal I'm going for too, the problem I'm having is every time I lean over her a bit she wants to sit. It's been kind of tiring because I have to keep her moving all the time or she stops and sits or lays down. That girl does like to fish. :P

[Dekka]

Great bow! (and gorgeous dog)

[skKi]

Thanks, Dekka!

Originally Posted by lisabobisa

Looks great! That's the signal I'm going for too, the problem I'm having is every time I lean over her a bit she wants to sit. It's been kind of tiring because I have to keep her moving all the time or she stops and sits or lays down. That girl does like to fish. :P

She'll get it soon! I have to get Pit moving all the time otherwise he gets wrapped up performing all his other tricks and forgets what we were working on.

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

I have the feeling I may have to use the clicker for this. Izzy starts with a bow to get to the treat *we just started yesterday* and ends up in a full down most of the time Even giving her all the treats in my hand when she actually just does a bow doesn't seem to make her notice. *Goes off to find the dusty clicker*

[corgipower]

Nice bow, skKi!

[lisabobisa]

Originally Posted by skKi

She'll get it soon! I have to get Pit moving all the time otherwise he gets wrapped up performing all his other tricks and forgets what we were working on.

Last night she finally started getting that I didn't want her to sit so she tried fishing for eye contact and then tilting her head a little to the side to see if maybe I wanted roll over or bang.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by skKi

Annd I think this is as good as it gets with us: YouTube - Trick Train Off - Bow

Very nice! That's what I'm trying to achieve but I don't know if we'll get there, lol.

I'm kind of stuck at the point where she knows she's supposed to bow, not go into a down, but I can't seem to get rid of the lure. It's kind of weird because normally she's pretty quick to start offering me a behavior once we start working on it, but she won't offer the bow. If I sit and wait for her to do it, she just starts waving her paws around... weird dog.

[smkie]

Victor will do any basic command without any problem but he will not do tricks for no treats. Pepper will but he will not. So no lure left us out.