training my staffy

i learned my max some things like: sit..come here..nooo,, this days i teach him to give paw:) i was really happy, but how i teach him to bark at command?? maybe you know how thx all

just hold a treat and say speak and give and praise when they do, i also barked to let her know what i wanted lol

we taught ruby to speak by holding a treat just out of reach and asking her to speak, the more excited she got the louder she yapped until she barked and we dropped the treat while saying speak the instant she barked. she picked it up in no time.

what other things are you going to try and teach him?

ruby now knows-
sit,
lay down,
stay,
roll over,
speak,
paw,
other paw(gives one paw then the other),
turn around (spin in circle),
turn back (she goes in figure of ,
dya smell (she lays down with her nose under her paw),
beg,
wave,
leave it,
hide (runs round back of your legs and pokes her head from between your knees),
on your mark (she goes to stand on a piece of paper we point at),
take a bow

im in the process of teaching her to look left and look right which shes getting the hang of now i love teaching her new things, so much fun.

maybe with time a lot of patience i will learned him....i think you are really proud of your RUBY thx

I'm sure with time and patience you will there, try the SPEAK command to get her to bark on command, but then remember you must know how to get her to stop too

oh yes, the power of the 'shh' command when ruby started she decided all she wanted to do was woof at us for everything.

reading this thread, I decided to do a bit of training with Bella now shes better , OMG how quick do they learn, taught her DOWN ans she grasped it in about 10 mins with a treat in my fist lol, Im well chuffed, I was so proud I showed my daughter with Bella in the kitchen and it took her a couple of mins to do it
instead of straight away, my daughter just looked and said ok mum wotever I dont care Im 1 proud mummy

i bet the floors not carpeted in the kitchen, tash refuses if the floor is too cold, they have no fur on the bellies. In training they had to get tash a carpet square to put under her so she would do the training. Staffies are such woosies

julespercules wrote:i bet the floors not carpeted in the kitchen, tash refuses if the floor is too cold, they have no fur on the bellies. In training they had to get tash a carpet square to put under her so she would do the training. Staffies are such woosies

Yep....if I ask Percy to lie down outside ( especially if it's cold/wet) he will eventually lower his body down so his belly is just touching the floor with a look like I'm such an evil mummy to expect him to do such a terrible thing