What kind of dog are we talking about? At 60 pounds at 6 months this must be one very large breed dog! Does the dog get excited over food?

The best way to get a dog who loves food to do what you want is with food lures. Next time the dog goes limp and refuses to move show her a treat and make her do what you want before she gets it. Never give treats unless the dog does what you want.

Here is an example of how to teach the basic sit command using food as the lure/reward. Take a food lure in your right hand between your first and second finger. Have the food so you can have all 5 fingers extended but the food stays beween finger 1 and 2. With the dog in front of you standing, take the right hand and place the food lure about 3 inches from the dog's nose. In a sweeping motion (fingers still extended) move your hand over the top of the dog's head until the dog is in a sitting position. As soon as the dog sits (don't hesitate) give a verbal cue such as good boy or YES or whatever you prefer and then give the treat. Do this about 20 repetitions over and over again to reinforce to the dog when I sit I get rewarded.

The next step is to move the lure from the right hand to the left. Do the same motion with your right hand but as soon as the dog sits you reward from the left hand now. You still always give a verbal cue before you give the reward. If the dog doesn't sit without the food in the right hand do another set of 20 repetitions using teh right hand and then try the left hand again.

Practice this twice a day for 10 to 15 minutes until the pup fully understands what you are telling it to do. Breakfast adn Dinner are good times. You can even take some kibble from the food bowl and place some of it between your fingers.

Once you get the left hand reward part down, you can start to reward every other time the dog sits. The dog is learning when a sweeping hand motion is made I am to sit and then I get a reward.

You will need to make sure you always have treats on you or near by.

Here's another thing I do..... I know some people use the pennies in a jar as a distraction and if you do that is fine. I do it as a reward indicator to my dogs and it works better that way for me. If you use it as a distraction disregard this part.

We have a big back yard and when I wanted to get my dogs attention I would shake the jar. Then I would call them to come to me. When they did they got a treat. I never shook the jar unless I had a treat to give them. Now when I shake the jar they come running because they know they are going to get a treat. I have a couple jars in different locations in the house and can get them to come now no matter where I am at. If I'm in the laundry room and they are in the bedroom, I just shake the can and they come running soooooo fast! You can see them literally stop whatever they are doing in their tracks and come running with treat, treat, treat on their minds.

Food can be a wonderful enticer for training. I do not beg or fight with my dogs to get them to do what I want. I especially would never pick them up to take them where I want them to go!

These are just some of my suggestions. Hopefully something I have shared can help you.