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How should compulsion be used when initiating the dog to the long down? The dog in my case knows "down" (exhaustively), knows to hold it until I say "break" (this is not perfect by any stretch but okay), and is reasonably good at holding the down under distraction but only if she has a high focus on me and the toy or possible retrieve I'm about to initiate.
And what age is appropriate to start teaching the long down?
Edited to say...she is on a prong for all training..but corrections are rare. I have not initiated a lot of compulsive training for her, at all, usually just on walks when she's teed off on a squirrel, etc. I don't have a problem with it, I just don't think I've gotten her to a level where I can start using it effectively.
And what age is appropriate to start teaching the long down?
Edited to say...she is on a prong for all training..but corrections are rare. I have not initiated a lot of compulsive training for her, at all, usually just on walks when she's teed off on a squirrel, etc. I don't have a problem with it, I just don't think I've gotten her to a level where I can start using it effectively.