major attidood

[Julie and Moose]

The other night at his obedience class Moose refused to do a down. He has known down since he was fairly young and did probably 20 downs right before class. After a few minutes of fighting with my strong willed pup, I took him outside to walk so that we could both cool down. He did 3 downs in the grass for me with no problem. We went back inside and tried again... to no avail. Then I started to wonder. Does my pampered pooch simply prefer softer surfaces on which to do a down? Could the hard concrete floor be the problem? Luckily the trainer had a dog bed on hand. We brought Moose to the dog bed and told him down. Wouldn't you know it, my dog did a perfect down right away on the dog bed! He is so rediculously spoiled! Moose always keeps me on my toes and makes me laugh. He is such a funny dog.

[Christina and Cooper plus Benny]

Hee hee. Coop has the same problem with rollover and play dead ~ won't do them on a hard floor. :)

[Camilla and Darwin]

That is so funny! Now you could start working with him at home on hard surfaces to get him used to it. It's funny how different dogs think of things that we do. I I wish we could read their minds... it would make training a whole lot easier!