Training

Hello, Lily. I am really glad in knowing you taught your neighbour's puppy how to stay in just a few minutes. What interests me more is that you taught it in only one day! You know, I also trained my dog. I started to think what if I tried to teach him. When I first told my mother I was going to teach him, she laughed at me. She doubted me. Soon, my dog was sitting under my orders, but I still needed to train him more. I needed to train him not to lay down when I said sit and not to sit when I said lay down. Also, not to obey everyone that ordered him to do so. My dog is very smart, I am sure he would learn it with ease. But my mother and my brother would mess up his mind, telling him to sit everytime, praising him when he laid down instead of sitting, etc. I stopped training him by there, then. He knows how to sit and lay down. My mother uses to say I have the gift with animals. Maybe she'd say the very same of you. I think stay is a bit more complicated command, but you sure managed to teach it to that puppy! I think the puppy must be really intelligent, and you also must be a good trainer. Congratulations! Now, try out your luck on this job!

just like peolpe dogs are all different some learn quickly and some don't. This puppy seems to want to please you and that means it will try heard to do what you want. Keep up the good work and remember some trick are easier to theach then others.

Most dogs LOVE to please, and love to learn new tricks. It's awesome that you took the initiative to help to teach their new puppy! How old is this puppy? It's really not a great idea that they leave a new puppy alone at such an early part of it's life! Puppies are like little kids. Their brains are sponges and they are learning to live in this world and learning what appropriate behavior is. Great job, and I hope your neighbors are happy!

hey training an puppy (that also an hyper puppy ) is not an easy job.Cool talent you have .Explore it further and try teaching few more tricks to the puppy. I know training isn't easy because we have a dog which i just couldn't train well enough .It was smart and lazy (which is a deadly combination)and i have to end up repeating the commands to get her to do the trick and i end up stressed .thats all.good work keep it going.

Hi Lilyofthethorns, I think your doing a great job. Both of my dogs are pretty hyper and they both know that I wont put their food down for them until they sit. I think if you keep foing it with the puppy, you shouldnt have any problem with it doing the same thing when the owner gets home. Just keep up the good work, Take care, Terry

its good the puppy is learning just keep it up and always use praise just remember as a puppy its better to ignore the mistakes

Considering that you said it was a very hyper puppy, then I think its really goo that you taught her that trick in such a short amount of time. One of my dogs will do that because my boyfriend taught him but the other ones are as well behaved.