Difference between “down” and “settle?”

[WES]

Can someone explain the difference between the command “down” and “settle?”
I am not sure of the difference. Thanks.

 

[Zoom]

The way I teach it is that down means "lay down with belly on floor." Settle means "ease up on the playing, calm down".

 

[Snark]

You can make them mean whatever you want, just be consistant. For me, 'settle' means I want the dog find a place and lay down but he's allowed to move/shift/grab a toy and chew on it if he wants. I use 'down' to mean I want the dog to down in the location of my choosing and wait for further instructions (usually 'stay').

 

[JennSLK]

Emma's trainer (agility/ckc obediance) uses Down as is elbows on the ground in the position they can get up from quick.

She uses settle in a long down stay. The dog is still lying down but the weight is shifted onto one hip. It's morecomforetable for the dog wich means less liekly to get up.

 

[Mordy]

In my obedience class, we use the same differentiation JennSLK posted above. "Down" is just a quick down, "settle" means "lay down and prepare to stay there for a while", such as the long down stay in obedience competitions.

 

[Carolyn]

The way I teach it is that down means "lay down with belly on floor." Settle means "ease up on the playing, calm down".

Yep thats exactly what I teach Settle for. It's in other words stop your hyper, bouncy carrying on and settle..Even the Cat knows it LOL