Praying Dog
Purpose: With training any behavior it will encourage a well-behaved dog, stimulate your dogs mind, and build a stronger relationship between you and your dog. Training should be for a lifetime!
Criteria: Dog places their front 2 paws up on your leg or chair while standing on their hind quarters. Then brings their head between their front paws.
Que:
Visual: Place your 2 hands together in a pray position.
Verbal: Options: ‘Say your prayers’, ‘go pray’, ‘pray’.
Pyramid (for paws on your leg):
- Sit in a chair. Lure your dog to place their front paws on your leg. Reward. If you are having a hard time place your dogs front paws on your leg or lower your leg. Reward.
- Reinforce this position 10 times before moving to step 3.
- With your dogs paws on your leg bring a treat between their front legs to lure their head between their legs. Reward.
- You may have to reinforce small movements of the head between their legs.
- Slowly increase the duration their head is between their legs.
- Repeat steps 3 – 5 10 times.
- Once you feel your dog is understanding. Introduce your visual and verbal que.
- Fade the food.
Pyramid (for paws on the chair):
- Stand next to a chair. Lure your dog to place their front paws on the chair. Reward. If you are having a hard time place your dogs front paws on the chair or lower your leg. Reward.
- Reinforce this position 10 times before moving to step 3.
- With your dogs paws on the chair bring a treat between their front legs to lure their head between their legs. Reward.
- You may have to reinforce small movements of the head between their legs.
- Slowly increase the duration their head is between their legs.
- Repeat steps 3 – 5, a minimum of 10 times.
- Once you feel your dog is understanding. Introduce your visual and verbal que.
- Fade the food.