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A week ago my 2 year old sheltie got away from me at a park where we were walking. I was taking his rain coat off him and maybe the pulling of the Velcro scared him ( I've probably put the coat on & off him a 100 times), but he took off like a bat out of hell, running down the path, around the l...

My Casey, a nearly 21 month old sheltie, has recently refused to urinate if I ask him to. If I take him out for a last 'Pee" of the night, he gets a "deer in the headlight" look about him, runs a short circle in the yard, and runs to the back door. No amount of begging will get him to...

Thank you all so very much for your good advice & ideas. I probably should have given Casey a break before starting the Level II class. He does seem to enjoy most everything but the down. I don't think he has any physical problems. He has went down twice inside on living room rug and once outsid...

Guys, It isn't absolutely vital he do a down, but I wanted to get his Canine Good Citizen title and maybe do Rally or Agility. I guess to me it is vitally important. To him, not so much. I have told him if we never get a down, then we just never get one, but we keep trying. He absolutely does not li...

My 11 month old sheltie has a problem doing a "down" on verbal command. In training since September, he has still only done three "downs" off a verbal command. Otherwise it takes a lure to get him down. He simply doesn't want to do a "down". He will do other commands li...

My six month old sheltie is doing pretty well in training class but having problems with the "down" command. He will usually go down with a lure but as soon as he hits the ground he pops right back up. He does a sit-stay very well, comes when called. He's very smart but we've got a block w...

I am sorry if this double posts. I don't think the last post went anywhere. Thank you so much for you reply. I better understand where Lucky is coming from. I have a lot of work to do with him and a lot of understanding the beagle nature. I'm a sheltie person and want to get Lucky a sheltie sister i...

My rescue dog Lucky, who I have had nearly eight weeks, is doing better in some areas of his walking. I have taken some suggestions from here, along with his training, and some areas are better. However tonight was a nightmare. I took him to a local park, not a dog park, just a park with walking tra...

GWD-Thanks for a great reply. Makes perfect sense to me about the concept of "no". I am no doubt Lucky's biggest problem. I had a sheltie who was very food motivated but he didn't pay a lot of attention to Gunner's food bowl but then again I didn't leave it down too long because I didn't w...

I may have not explained myself clearly so I'll try to do so. Lucky is a beagle so I know the "nose" is hyperactive. The "no" problem I am having is just basically that: when he is doing something that I don't want him to do, I can't stop him from doing it. I can sometime redirec...

My Lucky, rescued six weeks ago, is doing better. He comes when called, knows a few commands, but has no concept of the word "No". I have a weak voice and that may be some of the problem, but I can say "No" until I"m blue in the face and if he is in a prey mode (he's a beagl...

Emmabeth,

Thanks for some really good advice. He did better tonight, we went a different route. We need to back up a bit.

Sorry. He wears a halter. He doesn't do as bad if we go another route but this particular trouble area is an area all but one of his walk routes takes him past.

My rescue dog Lucky, who I have had for three weeks, is a nightmare to walk. He gets distracted by birds & Squirels but I have been managing that so-so by giving him treats to redirect him and also using a clicker. However we reach a point in the walk, same area each time, where he pulls into th...