Ahem




One of my dogs has down a ten minute down stay out of sight with a bowl of food in front of her and one of the dogs going along the line of dogs eating it all........

Na na na na na!

Dammit I thought you would be in bed by now!!!

Ben did a down stay on the sofa with food balanced on his back

Must have been 30 min





OK not so much a stay as he was just lying there
and it was a big bag of crisps I was sharing with my mum

Ah but he was ON THE SOFA!!!! Your fabulous training skills do not count if the dog IS ON THE SOFA!!!!!

Although....Jet can do a 6 hour down stay in his bed teehee

nooooo its all messed up now!!! I never thought, my innocent Ben is actually planning to take over the world!!

Perhaps if I kept him off the sofa his A frame contacts would be perfect? Would save having to train things

That's nothing... I can put a fridge sofa and bed in front of all my dogs and have them in a stand on their heads stay at the same time for as long as it takes me to read all the books of the bible

Mine can do all that whilst saving a child from an icy lake.

rune

Yep, he's just trying to be dominant, I'm sick of pointing this out to you!

Pah! My dogs will do a Down Stay on either my bed or my sofa ALL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
So

FairyToes, in all seriousness, I feel it would be incredibly beneficial if you could perhaps relax your strict criteria for a mo

I am not sure which dog training books you have been reading, but although it used to be thought there might be various issues with dogs sharing human beds, there really aren't. The only problem is if you have a dog who guards or who isn't responsive to the "Off" command, obviously.

This is fact, borne out by the evidence that so many people who have very well trained, nicely mannered dogs, also have dogs who share their sofas or beds from time to time.

That apart, I'd look to some good authors such as Jean Donaldson, Pat McConnell, Kim Moeller, etc etc for help.

Best wishes
Wys
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