Originally Posted by GunnersMum

I think what you have to watch for in training and teaching behaviours with dogs is that with 3 people doing the teaching all 3 must be consistent in both body/hand jestures and verbal commands.

At my training course this weekend I had an eye opener. lol. My trainer showed me something I didn't even realize was happening. She asked me to look at Gunner and tell him to sit. I did. He sat. She then told me to turn a way from him and do it again. I got him up moved a step ahead and turned my back to him, told him to sit and nothing. he stood there panting and gazing around. Then My trainer said. now do what you do with your hand when you say the command (without saying sit) so I did and he sat. Really drove home the fact that a lot of the time dogs react more to our body language than to any words we think we're training them with.

So, What I'm trying to say is that with 3 people training, using perhaps different body language, combined with the same command Bo just may be confused and that's why it's taking him longer to "get it".