How to teach your dog to back up

A big thanks to kikopup who gave me these tips on training Winnie to back up many months ago. Now it's in the form of a video, yay! :)

Please keep in mind that these are not the only methods of teaching the back-up, just a couple of them. Use what works for you and your dog.

Also, even though I do not use a verbal cue ("Beep Beep Beep") in most of the demo it doesn't mean you shouldn't, especially when you're teaching it for the first time :)

Enjoy!

P.S. I apologize for any typos...and my sweatpants, LOL!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pembroke
• welsh
• corgi
• back
• up
• clicker
• training
• rally
• obedience
• heeling

[Ella4Blu]

do you have a cue for walking in between your legs foward and back? I taught Dermott to stand inbetween my legs (LEGS) and he now knows to walk foward and back with me unless I release him. Should I have a cue for this, like, WITH ME for walking foward and WALK BACK for backwards? I am struggling to teach him to walk back and never thought of teaching him this way. Which way would you reccomend? I have a feeling fading out the dog being inbetween you would be very hard if you taught it that way?

[WinnietheCorgi]

@Ella4Blu Nope, no cue. She just watches what I do and follows my body language. There's no one correct method, just try out different things and find what works for you!

[brookie282]

My dog sits down when I walk into her! What should I do?

[WinnietheCorgi]

Gently shuffle your feet toward her body, making sure not to actually step on her. As soon as she gets up (she doesn't even have to move back, as long as she just gets her rear end off the ground) click and treat.

[murwill1]

thanks do much for the reply. I have a standard poodle and i am working on freestyle dance moves. you are the only one that i have seen teach how to back up in circles and thru legs etc . Bravo!! one more thing. you hand signal for back in a circle is a circle with you hand do you have a reverse cue(forward)for heel? kelopup stay video has no sound. bummer.

[WinnietheCorgi]

I'm certainly not the only one- I learned how to teach back-up circles from zsianz1 (see her channel, she has a great tutorial on teaching this).

I don't use hand signals for heel- I just ask her to get in heel position and I start walking. She has learned to stay in heel position when I walk forward/backwards :)

[tadbubs]

Brilliant...Fabulous.

1. How long for each training session?

2. How many times on the one trick per day?

3. When do you start taking away treats?

4. Do you teach one drill per session, per day until they get it then move on to another trick?

[alyssa31701]

Thank you it helped so much

[lilydee17]

can you come teach a class in Toronto area :) Awesome and thank you

[Kiaryciousss]

I have I don't know what kind of dog she is,probably is a corgie mix,do you think she can do all of these?Because yesterday I tried to teach her how to walk between my legs and when she had to go in between she just stand on the ground.I don't know why she does that...Maybe she can't understand ..I don't know...

[gooddogmac]

Really loved the video - thank you so much really helps me to see how

to build on the skill.

[Zonneke]

This is defiantly the most beautiful corgi I have ever seen!

Great training as well!

[WolfVecho]

dang very handy

I had to subscribe

Cheers for posting your methodology

[thewhitewingedwolf]

thanks a lot...i tried this and it worked....