What's the difference?

[Jackisevil]

LOL
When Alan first moved in he was VERY frustrated with Indy as Indy would not follow his commands. LOL....I told and told and told Alan and it just took a while for it to sink in:

Indy is a southerner. You are giving Yankee commands.
I told Alan: say his name, then say the command with generous vowels, and he'll do it every time. Example: the word "sit" has TWO SYLLABLES when said by a southerner! When we got Emma it was the same scenario as Russ and I were the ones taking Emma to class, not Alan. So, again, Emma trained to a southern accent.

I've tried speaking to Jack in a Scottish accent. He doesn't respond too well.

 

[Caro]

I agree with the voice thing - perhaps your husband is giving the commands in a deep voice. Dogs respond much better to high voices so can he speak a little higher.

You might also want to try teaching her hand signals with commands - then you dont have to worry about what accent to use (lol-granite). Herding dogs respond very well to hand signals. Mine actually learnt the hand signal before they learnt the words (eg sit, drop, stay)

 

[RonandJan]

Granite, so true, so true.

Cleveland was such a southern dog in many ways. He was born in TN and all of our kids have southern accents. He just loved Joel Matthew's voice as it was changing!

But on topic, high value treats and time, patience and consistency will win the little guy over!