[samsonsmom]

How long are your training sessions? With puppies, you really need to keep them short and boxers don't do well with repition...Repeat the command maybe 3 times max, then move on to another, jump around a bit, make it interesting. Oggie is definitely protesting, which is why I was wonderiing how long your sessions are, it may be that he's bored..But when he acts up, you need to take control, stop the training session and maybe do a "time out" for a minute..Have him sit at your side or something..He's wanting his way, not wanting to listen to you...This isn't my area of expertise(not sure what is exactly  :lol: ), but I'm sure others may have some better advice....

 

[samsonsmom]

Something else that I found helpful is to use hand signals as well. With mine, "sit" means I reach over their head, "wait" is one finger pointed up, "stay" is my palm up....Mine seem to respond better to hand signals actually, but I combine both..A "leave it" is putting the hand over the item and it works!!!