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Old June 22nd, 2011, 10:42 PM
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Welcome to the forum, we would love to see pics if you have some to share.

Are you sure Abby actually hears you when you talk to her? Does she respond by looking at you, a head tilt, coming when called etc when spoken to? If not has she been tested for deafness?

One key thing in teaching a new behaviour/command is to ensure the dog understands what you are asking of them. Often you need to start with smaller steps and work your way up.

To this end the first thing I would do is change the words you use to tell her to go to her pillow, the phrase you are using now is not having the desired effect. So when you start over to re-teach her what you want, using a different word/phrase may help her understand better & not just tune it out/elicit the current behaviour.

Hopefully someone w/more experience will be along shortly to give you some guidance.
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