yeah, just because she can! it's a fairly recent development - she used to just stand and get wobbly legged unless we had something soft for her to lie on. Now she knows she can vary her position a bit. I think she is more comfortable sitting now cos I make her do it so much on our walks.
Out of all mine, only Katie and Seven would sit occasionally because they chose to. Katie was comfortable and just liked it. Seven only does it when she is freezing cold. :-)
I think it does depend on their biomechanics a lot. Barbie's front legs are a little bit too long relative to her back so when she is sitting she sometimes has her front legs angled out a bit - which requires all her shoulder strength to hold them in place. If she tries to sit on the tiles her front legs tend to slide out gradually. On the sand though, or on the carpet, she is pretty comfortable.
I had to teach her to do sits/downs on rough 'chip n seal' ashphalt in a car park without treats for her to pass her Canine Good Citizen, so I think compared to that, anywhere else is comfy to sit :)
yeh that is probably right - she can spring up from a sitting start almost as well as a standing start... and she is staring at the gate of the dog park. She is pretty well restrained these days though - if I tell her to wait before she goes sprinting up to the new dogs in the park, she will. I used to have to hang on to her when people and dogs were coming in the gate.
cute :) Arrow first started sitting when he was tired/scared/unwell/injured, but he still did it. So then we put a command with it and treats (of course), once he learned he would be rewarded for sitting, he would do it ALL the time just coz he thought he was clever. lol
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I had to teach her to do sits/downs on rough 'chip n seal' ashphalt in a car park without treats for her to pass her Canine Good Citizen, so I think compared to that, anywhere else is comfy to sit :)
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Arrow first started sitting when he was tired/scared/unwell/injured, but he still did it. So then we put a command with it and treats (of course), once he learned he would be rewarded for sitting, he would do it ALL the time just coz he thought he was clever. lol
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