Video: How to Teach Your Boxer to Lie Down

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Learn basic information, tips and techniques that will help you teach your boxer puppy to lie down in this free video.

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sarabhi Sep 03, 2008
I tried this method with my 13 week old boxer and he picked it up in 6 tries. He didn't have the benefit of sliding, so I had to push on his back a bit to get him to lie down. I did that twice and then I simply had to use Melanie's method to teach him.
sarabhi Sep 03, 2008
I tried this method with my 13 week old boxer and he picked it up in 6 tries. He didn't have the benefit of sliding, so I had to push on his back a bit to get him to lie down. I did that twice and then I simply had to use Melanie's method to teach him.
mohamedmosaad Aug 02, 2008
Melanie's videos are the BEST over the net. I benefited from them tremendously in training my rottweiler and amstaff puppies. THANKS Melanie!
mohamedmosaad Aug 02, 2008
Melanie's videos are the BEST over the net. I benefited from them tremendously in training my rottweiler and amstaff puppies. THANKS Melanie!

Video Transcript

Hi! I’m Melanie McLeroy with Taurus Training for Expert Village and we’re going to train a boxer puppy today. Now we’re moving on to teaching this little boxer puppy Indy how to lie down. Hi little puppy, sit, we know her sit is excellent. Now I’ve taken my treat pouch off because she likes to rude around in it. She knows I have treats in my hand but at this point we’re going to start giving her treats from either hands. So it’s not as predictable. Let’s see how she does on the down. So I’ll show her the food and lead her nose down, good, okay good girl. Now I’m saying okay as she gets up so she starts learning that that’s the release word. Little puppy, sit, so she needs a little help so I use some food here and then I’ll repeat the command this time when I’m sure she’s going to do it, sit, good, be patient, down, good, very nice. Now I worked with this puppy just for a few repetitions before the session. And her rear end was popping up constantly. So the way to deal with that, sit, good… is to actually move the treat backward, of course it helps, down, good, if you have a wooden or tile floor, okay, sit, good, down, good. Now notice that when this boxer goes down that her hips are a kind of up. A lot of dogs when they lie down go over on one hip, this makes it harder for them to pop back up and became what we call a popcorn dog, you know up down, up down. And it can be a little bit more comfortable, they can settle more easily, some dogs are more prone to be in that little sphinx position or crouch than others and boxers are one of them. So even though we’ve only done may be 15 repetitions of down I’m going to go ahead and start teaching how to roll over on her hip, down, then I’ll move the food up, it’s bringing her back up, okay, that’s what I was talking about, rear popping up, get her back into a sit, good, down, then bring the food to the side and see if you can encourage her to pop over on one hip, good of course it’s better if you can do it with the treat rather than physically manipulating her, okay, but for the sake of time I just wanted to show you what we’re ultimately going for, I’ve gotten a lot farther with this boxer puppy than I expected on the first session. Remember don’t underestimate your puppy because they can start learning this stuff as early as 5, 6, 7 weeks.

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How to Teach Your Boxer to Lie Down

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