Sierra has a dog bed in our living room that we use to train 'Place'. She knows the command and will go to her place and lie down.
I would like advice on how to train her to remain there for a reasonable duration until I release her (she has a release word and we train with it daily).
Right now she will go to her place and remain there for up to 2 minutes. We seem to be stuck at that threshold as she seems to lose focus and break without me releasing her. I do put her back into place (she is wearing a house line when we train this) and release her after a shorter duration, but we don't seem to be making much progress.
I would like her to remain in her place for 30 minutes or so for practical reasons, like when I am mopping the floor and don't want her walking on the wet floor. She is approaching 10 months old, and still is very much puppy-brained (i.e. ADD). What is realistic for me to expect from her in terms of duration at this age, and what can I do differently to train this? Is it a matter of just keeping at it and waiting for her to mature further, or can I do something else?
PS - I also have the same issue with a down-stay - she can hold it for a couple of minutes at most before getting antsy and breaking. I take the same approach of guiding her back into the down stay and releasing her properly with a shorter duration so she can have a success. But stumped on how to improve this as well.
I would like advice on how to train her to remain there for a reasonable duration until I release her (she has a release word and we train with it daily).
Right now she will go to her place and remain there for up to 2 minutes. We seem to be stuck at that threshold as she seems to lose focus and break without me releasing her. I do put her back into place (she is wearing a house line when we train this) and release her after a shorter duration, but we don't seem to be making much progress.
I would like her to remain in her place for 30 minutes or so for practical reasons, like when I am mopping the floor and don't want her walking on the wet floor. She is approaching 10 months old, and still is very much puppy-brained (i.e. ADD). What is realistic for me to expect from her in terms of duration at this age, and what can I do differently to train this? Is it a matter of just keeping at it and waiting for her to mature further, or can I do something else?
PS - I also have the same issue with a down-stay - she can hold it for a couple of minutes at most before getting antsy and breaking. I take the same approach of guiding her back into the down stay and releasing her properly with a shorter duration so she can have a success. But stumped on how to improve this as well.
