I didn't really know how to title this thread.
This morning, Xerxes jumped on the bed and woke me up. I issued the request "off" and made the hand signal for "off" as well. I was lying down though, and I didn't take my body position into account, so from that angle the hand signal said "down." And that is precisely what he did, he layed down, rather than getting off.
So that sparked a question in my mind: Do your dogs primarily obey hand signals or oral signals?
Apparently Xerk prefers hand signals.
This morning, Xerxes jumped on the bed and woke me up. I issued the request "off" and made the hand signal for "off" as well. I was lying down though, and I didn't take my body position into account, so from that angle the hand signal said "down." And that is precisely what he did, he layed down, rather than getting off.
So that sparked a question in my mind: Do your dogs primarily obey hand signals or oral signals?
Apparently Xerk prefers hand signals.