[Englishboxer]

Hi Boxer fans!,
I have a 5 month old Boxer (no kidding)  He is white and yup you guessed it deaf as a door post... i have managed to find a few good sites suggesting training tips (reward based) but i can't get the little tinker to lie down on sign command. he will come and sit but not lie down. can anyone help?


Desperate in England
xxx

 

[tootsie]

For the sit command I use a thumbs up sign. For the down command I use a flat hand, and just lower my hand until they go down. It will take practice, but he will get it. I never owned a deaf boxer, but I believe they both (deaf and hearing) respond better to hand signals than to voice commands.
Welcome to the forums. What is your little guys name?

 

[samsonsmom]

Welcome to the forum...There are a couple others on here that also have deaf boxers and we started a couple threads on training and such. I'll have to find them and give you some of the info that was shared......

 

[Englishboxer]

Thanks guys (n gals),
    I try to use the palm down method and having a treat between the middle and ring finger but the little tinker just bends his neck (far to smart lol).
i will try to persevere. this is my first dog and i chose a boxer as i read up on their nature and we have kids so it seemed the perfect choice, luckily for us was was
Those threads would be handy though if you could hunt them out that would be F.A.B as the thunderbirds used to say..