Reward Based Dog Training - Teaching Your Puppy to Sit

This article shares with you how to use reward based training methods to teach your puppy to sit.

Step one: Get some super yummy treats ready for the training session. You should have about 100-200 treats available for your first session. This is a treat intensive exercise so don't skimp on the goodies.

Step Two: Find a quiet, distraction free area to work in.

Step Three: Get some treats out and put them in your hand. Get down on your puppies level. Take your hand and put it in front of your puppies nose. When puppy becomes interested start moving your hand around having them chase it. Do this slowly, no need to move to fast here. You want the puppy to be able to almost touch your hand.

Step Four: Once your puppy is super interested in the treats and chasing your hand around, stop, let them nibble at your hand, and slowly lift your hand upwards and slightly backwards. Your hand should be no more than an inch or two from the dogs nose the entire time you are raising it up.

Step Five: When your puppies little bum hits the floor, say, "yes!" or whatever you would like and give them a treat reward.

Step Six: Repeat the exercise.

You do not say, "sit" until you can reliably predict your puppy is going to sit when you lure them using your hand. When you can reliably predict that your puppy is going to sit, you will then add the verbal cue of "sit" to the exercise.

However, you should say, "Sit" then lure them. Do no try to say "sit" and lure at the same time. The word should always be said a moment before the lure.

If you lure and say "sit" at the same time the puppy will give more value to your hand luring them and not the verbal cue of sit.

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