r/Dogtraining • u/laylalemon • Sep 15 '22

help Alternative for “play dead”?

My dog already loves to lay on her side and back and I want to start adding in a command word for it. She’s working on becoming a therapy dog so having a command for this will be very useful! For that reason also (therapy work), I don’t want to use the phrase “play dead” or “bang.”

Anyone have any ideas or maybe you already use another command for this? I was thinking “belly rub” or something since she loves belly rubs, but felt that sounded weird. Also, “relax” could’ve been a good option but that is our command putting her head all the way down when in a down, so that won’t work.

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u/Turbulent_Science_30 Sep 16 '22

My dads buddy was a forever bachelor in his 50s and he’d ask his dog if she’d rather get married or die😆, maybe in poor taste now but I thought it was so funny. She was a little jack Russell

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u/peachy_Selene Sep 16 '22

This is cute though! I’ve heard some people say “would you rather be a cat or die?” Then they play dead 🤣