| We own a 9 month old rott, and she is an alpha, in other words she doesn't have a submissive bone in her body. One of the reasons yours may not want to lie down is because the down position is a submissive position. Our trainer warned us about that, and it took a couple of weeks of working our rott to do it. She still doesn't like it, but she knows that we are the boss and she has to do it. We were also told by our trainer that the use of food as a treat for doing something right is bad because then the dog is doing the command for the treat and not for you. We have found that the pinch collar works best when she is being stubborn about a command. |