Teach a Welsh Corgi How to Lay Down

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Hi! I'm Melanie McElroy with Taurus Training for Expert Village and today we are going to talk about training dogs. So let's talk about the down command with our Welsh Pembroke Corgi. This is Gibson and Gibson has gone through learning how to pay more attention when things go by and as Corgi's are want to do, he's been distracted a lot here at the park. We've also talked about sitting. Corgi's with their long bodies and little short squatty legs, it's a little bit difficult to get them to sit. You have to bend over a lot but Corgi's like to lay down. So again there are a couple of different ways we can go about this. What we are going to do now is actually lure this Corgi into a down and then start making the reinforcement random. So he's staring off in the distance. First I'll get a sit, good. Then I am actually going to show him, sit. This is an example of why it is difficult to teach Corgi's to lie down. Good! Because they are so long it's difficult to put the treat between their legs yet if you move it forward, they always go up. So we are going to just have some patience because Gibby's worth it. At this point you may just be tempted to shove him over but it is better if he learns to go down of us on belicion. Now I want to do something to set him up to succeed by Gibby, good! Giving him the reward so that he doesn't get frustrated. This is a perfect example of what is difficult about getting Corgi's to lie down. Now this is smart dog. Most Pembroke Corgi's are very bright so he'll figure it out. That little leg just needs to go forward. We'll try this one more time, punkin. All right, sit. We didn't get him to lie down in the time allotted so I am simply going to give him a command at the end but I'm sure he knows what to do. Sit. Good! So we end the session with a success.

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