Altana_Mystique
Dog Kichi
Jan 26, 2003, 8:22 AM
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The proper way of stacking a dog. 1) Put the choke chain at the top of the throat, not at the withers. Hold it high up...not choking...but firmly to keep your dog's neck up..steady the head. The head shouldn't be able to move left, right, up, down.It should just stay like a statue. If the chain doesn't work, grab the neck from the bottom and steady it. 2) When a dog's head is held firmly, it daren't move, bcos it won't know where it's legs are and if it moves...he might loose balance. To control a dog, control it's head. If your dog does move, just push it slightly at the rear and make it off balance, while still keeping the head steady.And give the command "Stay". After about 5 seconds, reward and praise him/her. 3) Keep the training short, around 5 mins or less will do. You do not want to destroy the dogs...making him hate the show ring. In Reply To What do you think is the best way to teach a 4 month old puppy how to stack? I've been trying to teach Luckey but not with much success... I tried to put her on a table so she feels a bit insecure, but ive been training her in agility so she'll happily jump off a table if not held on properly! She even bit me when i tried to hold her in place (not hard, but enough for me to let go). What she does is try to sit down. The only way i can get her to stand nicely is if her front legs are separated from her back legs on 2 different stool, but that doesnt mean she'll stand like that if she doesnt have the stools. Anyone can help? thanks so much
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