Dog Training 101:
Mastering the Sit Command

One of the first commands you want to teach your dog are the basic sit, stay, down and so on.

Training your dog how to sit on command can be very fun and remember that no roughness is need in any type of dog training. Make sure you have lots of treats, patience and time.

Your dog will not know about commands at first, so he may be lost to start with and that is why repetition is important.

In order to train your dog to sit you can easily use a natural tendency it has. When you dog's head goes up it will naturally be forced to sit.

Do this by placing a treat in your hand and place your hand over your dog's head and move it towards its back and while you do this your dog will naturally sit. While doing this say SIT! And when your dog sits give it the treat and appraisals as well.

Let's brake down these steps:

- Place a treat in your hand
- Place your hand over your dog's head
- Move your hand towards your dogs back until your dog naturally sits
- While you dog is sitting say SIT!
- When your dog sits give him the treat and appraisals.

Once you get the hang of this method it is very easy. However, you will have to repeat this many times until your dog will learn to sit on command without having to wave your hand over its head.

by Vic Lee - 10/05/08

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