Comments on: Dog Training Tips: The Sit, Part 2 of 3 http://www.training-dogs.com/blog/dog-training-tips-the-sit-part-2-of-3.html Positive Dog Training Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rosana Hart http://www.training-dogs.com/blog/dog-training-tips-the-sit-part-2-of-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-4172 Rosana Hart Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:23:44 +0000 http://www.training-dogs.com/blog/dog-training-tips-the-sit-part-2-of-3.html#comment-4172 Hi Edna -- for teaching the down, have a nice few treats handy. They could even be the puppy's dry food if he responds happily to individual pieces of it. With him in a sit position and you sitting on the floor next to him, slowly move your hand with a treat in it so he can smell it but not get to it. Bring it down in front of his chest till he follows it all the way down. He will probably not do this at first, you will have to keep trying. You can reward temporary stages if he is getting the general idea, by giving him the treat. Then gradually expect more of him. If this exact method isn't quite right for you, by starting out doing it, you will probably get an idea how to do it. Best wishes, Rosana Hi Edna — for teaching the down, have a nice few treats handy. They could even be the puppy’s dry food if he responds happily to individual pieces of it.

With him in a sit position and you sitting on the floor next to him, slowly move your hand with a treat in it so he can smell it but not get to it. Bring it down in front of his chest till he follows it all the way down. He will probably not do this at first, you will have to keep trying. You can reward temporary stages if he is getting the general idea, by giving him the treat. Then gradually expect more of him.

If this exact method isn’t quite right for you, by starting out doing it, you will probably get an idea how to do it.

Best wishes,
Rosana

]]> By: Edna http://www.training-dogs.com/blog/dog-training-tips-the-sit-part-2-of-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-4171 Edna Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:03:46 +0000 http://www.training-dogs.com/blog/dog-training-tips-the-sit-part-2-of-3.html#comment-4171 Hi Rosana, thank you for the good initiative to send tips about puppytraining each week. My german shepardpup already knew how to sit when i got it with 13 weeks dont know natural or trained by the breeder. Am desparate to learn it to lydown (is now 19 weeks old) but dont get the right acion done. Do you have any quick tip else i wait untill your newsletter will handle the subject. Hi Rosana,
thank you for the good initiative to send tips about puppytraining each week.
My german shepardpup already knew how to sit when i got it with 13 weeks dont know natural or trained by the breeder.
Am desparate to learn it to lydown (is now 19 weeks old) but dont get the right acion done. Do you have any quick tip else i wait untill your newsletter will handle the subject.

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