Dog Health Questions: Dog Training question(s)?

I'm training my puppy and for the most part she is doing good... She understands sit, lay, come, and stay... she is 8 months old. I'm having a problem with sit and lay though... I train her every day for about 15 min... then usually make her sit before certain things... going out for a walk, eating, etc... "just for practice." Sometimes when i say sit, she automatically lays down... It takes 4 or 5 times each practice for her to sit on command instead of laying... When i first started training her i taught her to sit first, than lay from the sit position. Could this be the problem? What else could be it? Any ideas how to fix it? Another question... She is getting bigger now and learned how to jump and put her paws on the counter and also jumps on people. What's the best way to prevent this?

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This is usually the problem. People ask their dogs to sit before they ask them to lay down. So naturally the dog automatically down. If you want the dog to down, just say down instead of sit and then down.

The prevent the jumping. Teacher her the command "off."

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• Usually the best step is this
  1.sitdown
  2.hand
  3.rolling
  4.lay down
  5.Beng! Umn . . . i mean like dead because gun
  6.stay! It's mean to stay at dead position
  7.and then bring it some food, when they want to eat, you must say Stop! It's mean, your dog cannot eat before you bring the permission to eat
  
  good luck.


• You might look into NILIF training (Nothing In Life Is Free).
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  She is not sure on your cues. You are just saying your cue once, then waiting for the behavior, not "sit, sit, sit, SIT" right?
  
  Marker Training-
  Try capturing a sit. Go to a quite room (bathroom works well). With your marker (a clicker for us, but you could also use a verbal cue like "tock") wait for your dog to sit. When but hits the ground Mark (or click) then toss the treat to the side so dog must retrieve it. Repeat. Once she is offering the sit, start putting the cue to the behavior. Click then treat, not click/treat.
  
  Same thing for the down position.
  
  Move to other locations. Only increase slowly. Distraction, Distance, and Duration- but never asking for all 3 at once, at first. Once there proofed that's a little different.
  
  ~~~Jumping
  Teach an incompatible behavior. Teach her to sit when people come over to be greeted.
  
  Have a friend help. When friend comes over ask them to not react to jumping dog. Have your friend turn (in circles) until the dog desists in jumping, wait for you dog to calm down. Only when the dog is sitting let your friend greet the dog.
  
  Counter surfing is pretty rewarding for a dog. Manage the situation by not having food near the end of the counter, invest in a baby gate to keep her away from temptation, teach her that being in the kitchen means sitting until she's released.
  
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  It's nice to have a default behavior. My dog defaults (automatically) goes down in a drop when she is having doubts. Which I like, because she can be reactive.


• 1.the thing is that she needs to be trained 40-30 min. a day or more.
  2.the paws on counter,you need to take her paws hold them for as long as possible til' she wants them back,at the time you are going to say "paws off" kind of like you would say to your friend 'paws off my cheese".
  3.same thing jumping is a problem,heres what you'll do.when she jumps on you,you will take her paws and say "off" and hold her arms til' she wants them back.and the reason off is if you say"down" she will lay down.I hope I helped!! leave feed back (your choice though LOL)