add-on from the last post

Matilda's Training
The training program is that I have a box that I work on so I don't have to bend down all the time and hence I wont get a bad back :) And it also has another purpose as well the man who thought this whole program up also trains dogs who help chairbound people and when they are in a Walmart restraunt or anything else if you ask them to "down" they can't be all sprawled out they have to be in a form of an Egyptian sphyx and the reason for the box is that if the dog does it wrong they will fall off the box if they do it right they will stay on the box.

The system is all on praise and not treats and I can see a big difference in Matilda in the past 3 weeks that I have been putting her through this program she is a much happier obedient dog because she thrives on praise and she loves the sessions because she loves being worked and having a purpose and also the praise helps tremendously.