My dog won't roll over?

Question

I've tried training my dog to roll over, but he gets to his back and when I try to help him the rest of the way he jumps up andruns away. he's a 3year old lab 80 some lb.

Answer 1

I have a lab too and she does the same thing. Maybe when they get to a certain point it scares them????

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/zLXs2

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

He is not able to be submissive with you, which means he's trying to be the "top dog of the house," and not let you do so. You really need to get him better trained in other aspects, first. Once he has learned that it's ok to listen to you, he'll be more willing to roll over. You shouldn't force it, but it's a problem if you dont' correct it, because he's lived three years and still hasn't learned that you're the boss. You need to be firm in everything, and if he doesn't do something you ask him to do, make him. Because once he has learned something like SIT, he should obey you when you tell hiom to do it.

Answer 4

It's not something all dogs enjoy doing. Some dogs with a little meat on them don't mind rolling on the floor. However, my dog is a bony little Manchester Terrier and would rather die than roll over. He will not do it. You can see he's physically uncomfortable trying.

Answer 5

Some dogs don't like to be on there back. I have 3 Shih Tzu's and only one of them refuse to roll over. His back is made diff from the rest of them its more arched. The other two are more squared off. He could have back problems or he is just funny about being on his back.

Answer 6

Any dog can be taught this. Try getting a book that breaks down this trick to help you. Just remember, dogs learn from repetition so keep trying. Use a leash so he can't run away.

Answer 7

Rolling over is a submisive behaviour. Males don't like to be in a vunerable position much. Don't worry about it. Labradors are VERY inteligant, so i am sure there are more tricks you can teach him!

Answer 8

I have a 13-14 lb. 13yr. old mini poodle and he won't roll over either. I don't sweat it.

Answer 9

How would you like it if your mother tried to train you to roll over?Would it insult your intelligence? I feel that way about my dog, and I don't insult his intelligence by making him do tricks. Libs is a blithering idiot, which is a common characteristic of conservatives..

Answer 10

Throw it out of a moving vehicle.That sucker will roll like hell.