Rover demonstrating CRAWL.
Directions: Tell Rover to lay down. Get down on your knees
and gently grab hold onto Rovers collar with one hand and put the
other on Rovers back. Now tell Rover to CRAWL and gently pull
forward on Rovers collar. The response you will probably get is
that Rover will try to stand up. That's when you use your other
hand that you have on his back. Push him down gently before he
stands up all the way. Now try it again while giving a little
pressure from the hand on his back. If he crawls a couple inches,
praise him (make sure he doesn't get up while you do) and give him
a treat. Now try it again.
If Rover is really stubborn and wont budge an inch, then get that
second person to help you. The second person (Lets call her Su)
will stand a little distance (Start with only a couple feet away)
away from you and Rover. Get back down on your knees next to Rover
with one hand on his back and one on his collar. Tell Su to call
him. Rover will of course try to get up and run to Su. Push him
down gently and make Rover CRAWL!
Once you have done this a couple times with Rover, and Rover is
making no effort of standing up while he is crawling, you can start
not putting your hand on his back. If Rover stands up go back to the
last step. If Rover remains down, lots of praise!
Now you can move on with you standing while giving the command.
Then move away and tell Rover to CRAWL. If Rover does, your work is
done!!!!
Also you can lure Rover into CRAWLING by holding a treat infront of Rovers nose, dragging it along the ground. Keep a hand on Rovers back/collar.
Surprise your friends with teaching your dog CRAWL in a different
language!
Foreword: CRAWL took me a little while to
teach because I train my dog by myself. It is easier to
have a second person gently keep the dog from standing up while
the other calls the dog. But it can be achieved with only one
person too.
Language | Actual Word | How to pronounce |
---|---|---|
German | Kriech | Kree-ch |
Dutch | Kruip | Krype |
Swedish | Krala | Krawl-ah |
Polish | Czolgaj sie | Chogai sheh |
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