Training your dog to sit.
Teaching your dog to sit consists of bonding between you and your pet, in order to establish a good relationship with him or her you need lots of patience and even more treats!
Firstly, call your dog over to you, when they come to you make eye contact and show them an incentive, a snack or their favourite toy, whatever works for you. When the dog is fixated on the incentive hover it above their head and they should automatically sit down, if not just push their back end down and say sit in an authoritative manner.
When your dog begins to take the orders award them a treat to show you have acknowledged his or her progress, keep doing this until it becomes a habit. Remember your dog needs to trust you and when trust is established by consistency the relationship gets stronger.
Always be obvious with commands, don’t confuse your pet by giving orders that are acceptable to you however unacceptable to any other characters your pet may encounter. An example of this would be if you were to have a guest over and your dog paws their new friend, as far as they know they haven’t done anything wrong. If you teach your dog something it’s not going to know when an when not to do it.
Establish yourself as the leader, dogs originally hunt in packs, so if you put yourself in the mindset of your pet you’ll realize when you are teaching them a trick they are working for a treat, when the dog starts to perform these commands on cue you know he sees you as a leader. This is very important in how to train your dog to sit.
Giving your pet easy to understand instructions and positive interaction when they do it correctly will gain the trust needed to make them content and playful. Once your dog has trust in you the possibilities are endless, and you can teach them a lot more than just sit. Learn more at secrets to dog training
