Puppy Training - Teach Your Puppy to Sit

One of the most useful commands you can teachfront of you, and looking you in the eye. This will
your puppy, is how to sit. When sitting, a dog willensure you have the dogs complete attention.
give you their full attention, which makes it a great2. Command you puppy to sit. Make sure you use
command to use before moving to anotherthe same command each time (Usually just "sit"), and
command. It's also great for safety- if your dog isin the same tone of voice. At the same time as
about to cross the road unattended, then the sitgiving the command, push down on the back legs,
command could even be a life saver! There are alsoforcing the puppy into the sit position. Make sure you
some other commands (such as "stay", and "liepush down gently, but firmly.
down"), which actually begin from the sitting position,You can also use food- just hold the food above the
and you won't be able to move onto them until yourpuppies nose, and move it back behind the dog's
dog is sitting when you want.head. The puppy will follow the food, and sit down.
Luckily, teaching a puppy to sit is quite simple. Dogs3. Congratulate your puppy for entering the sit
can't flex their spine, so if you tip their heads highposition. Use praise even when you had to force the
enough, they will just sit naturally. All puppies knowdog to sit, but give extra praise when the puppy sits
how to sit already- you just have to teach them toon its own. You can use treats, but make sure not
sit, when YOU want! You can start teaching a puppyto use them every single time!
to sit from the age of about 8 weeks and above.Repeat this training regularly, and be sure to phase
There are 2 easy steps to teach your puppy to sit...out the use of treats, and you'll have your puppy
1. Call you dogs name, and make sure it is standing insitting on command in no time!