Once your dog knows how to lie down, it’s fairly simple to teach
him how to crawl.
- Teach your dog to lie
down.
- Kneel or sit next to your dog with a small treat.
- Drag the treat away in front
of him on the floor. Keep your freehand over the dog to "help" him stay down near the floor. Don’t
use thecommand "crawl" or "sneak" at first. Make sure your dog understands theaction before you
associate a verbal command with it.
- Please, be patient while repeating this a few times. Try teaching him in 5-10 minute
intervals up to a few times a day.
- If you don’t need to "help" him stay down any more, try
placing thetreat a few feet away and dragging your finger on the floor slowly tothe
treat.
- For extra credit, have your dog stay next to you while you toss atreat a few feet
away. Have him crawl away from you to fetch it.
- It’s a good idea to use a hand or body gesture for every trick
youteach him. This helps emphasize that you want him to do something foryou.
- Be patient.
Some dogs take longer to train than others.
- If your dog isn’t in the mood to learn, don’t
force him.
- Try teaching him in shorter intervals fewer times a day.
- Be sure to
reward him randomly when he lies down, even if you’reteaching him to crawl. This will help the dog
learn that "Lie down,Scooter." didn’t turn into "Crawl over here, Scooter." That way hewon’t start
crawling each time you ask him to lie down.
Remember:
Before this training, your dog must havelearned how to sit and lie. Let
your dog lie down first, then say "crawl" to him and give a gesture (reach out your two hands with
palmdown, extend and bend them continuously). If your dog crawls forwardaccording to your request,
give him a reward. By contraries，if your dogdoes not crawl but stand up, order him to lie
down first, at the sametime, push his back with your left hand and let him crawl. Repeat againand
again, it will develop his ability to crawl forward soon.
