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Old January 28th, 2012, 06:56 PM
betty_boop betty_boop is offline
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Teaching "roll over" to a young puppy.

I have a 3 month old mix breed (GSD cross) who I have been using only +R methods with. He has taken to clicker training very well and it has helped us a great deal. He's very smart and loves to learn!

So far he has mastered: sit, down, dance (stand on hind legs) and play dead. He can stay for a short period of time and can also crawl on cue, but he still isn't 100% on them.

When I ask him to play dead, I will make a gun with my hand and say "bang-bang" moving my hand up slightly with each "bang" to simulate recoil. He'll drop to his side and flip onto his back.

The question I have is this; How should I go about teaching the full roll over? What hand signals should I use, how do I teach him small approximations of the command, how can I teach him this without frustrating him and having him shut down (I say that because I'm sure he will think I want him to "play dead")?

Am I over thinking this?

I don't want to ruin this puppy!
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