Dog Sit-Stays for examination - a touch of the head and withers by the tester.
There are three possibilities:
(and three different ways of teaching this behavior)
Determine WHICH of the following describes your dog, then follow appropriate directions.
- your dog may be relatively disinterested in people and not particularly care whether they touch her or not
- your dog may be absolutely thrilled at the very thought of a human being even THINKING about approaching, let alone TOUCHING, and there's no way, ever, ever, EVER that your dog is going to sit still while someone approaches and touches her
- your dog may be unhappy about the whole stranger-fondling idea
ADDING A CUE:
You added something (the person) to a behavior she already knows, so naturally you stop using the cue until you're sure she's going to give you the behavior, the whole behavior, and nothing but the behavior again.
