How To Teach Your Dog To Sit

Learning how to make a dog sit is one of the first things many dog owners want to do. Teaching your dog to sit is a vital skill that you need to learn and the sooner you do the better.

To teach a dog how to sit you will need a treat he likes, it can be anything but make sure it's not too big and can be easily hidden in your hand. What you want to do is take the treat in your hand between your thumb and index finger and move it around the nose of the dog. You will see that your dog will follow the treat with its head and body. Try holding it low, your dog will lower its body, hold it high your dog will stand up on its hind legs. To make your dog sit, hold the treat over it's nose, not too high not too low while saying 'sit', the dog will naturally sit. Once it stays seated for a few seconds give it the treat and reward him verbally with a word of your choice (like 'yes' for example, this word will have to stay consistent throughout your dog's training). Now your dog is sitting you have to break the command (this is very important, remember each command has to have a beginning (sit) and an end ('ok' for example)), again use a word of your choice that you will always use for breaking commands.

Repeat the operation two, three times with a treat and then repeat without the treat just faking you have one in your end. And that's how your dog will learn how to sit. Remember these steps, they are applicable with anything you want to teach your dog: beginning of a command / reinforcement / end of command.