Guide On How To Teach Your Dog How To Sit

Do you want to teach your dog how to sit? Here is a guide on how to do it:



How To Teach Your Dog How To Sit


You should start by showing the dog small, bite-sized treats. The best way of showing him is holding the treats in front of his eyes. You should then sit while moving your hand above his eyes. You should place the treat before his eyes and then say the dog's name followed by the word "sit." 

For ideal results, you should say the dog's name clearly and firmly.
When the dog sits, you should give him the treat and praise him. You should avoid petting him while at the same praising him. This is to prevent the dog from getting up when you want him to sit.


If the dog doesn't respond when you tell him to sit, you should physically place him in a sitting position. Here you need to place your left hand under his tail and behind his knees. You should then place your right hand on his chest and tuck him into a sit. You should wait for at least five seconds and then give him a treat.


For the dog to get used to sitting you should repeat the process for at least five times a day. When the dog regularly sits when you give him the command, you should gradually lengthen the time that he sits. For example, you should allow the dog to sit for up to 10 seconds before you give the treat.


In addition to giving the verbal command, it's also wise to include a visual command. For example, you should hold your hand out and the palm up. You should then slowly lower it and say, "sit." You should continue training the dog and eventually remove the verbal command. When he obeys the visual command you should praise and treat him.


For the dog to easily learn you should avoid scolding him verbally. You should also avoid punishing him when he doesn't do what you expect. Remember that dogs respond poorly to negative training. When you scold or punish him, you will end up causing him to fear you which will make it harder for you to train him.


Always be positive in your work and ensure that the dog performs a sit even if it's for a brief period. For the dog to be calm, it's wise that you train him in busy areas.

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The Smartest Dog Breeds

I got a call from my veterinarian one Friday morning. "I need Tikka for the weekend."
"Oh?"
"I am testing a new, state-of-the-art kennel run for the back room of the hospital. I want to make sure it's escape-proof, and I know that if any dog can open the latch, she can."

I dropped her off at closing time, nine that evening.
Early the next morning, my phone was ringing.
I heard a sigh. "Come and get her. She's out."
And yet this same dog barely squeaked her way to qualifying scores in AKC obedience trials. Okay, she got Highest Scoring Siberian in Trial once. Okay, she was the only Siberian entered.

From time to time, on social media, articles about the smartest dog breeds pop up. In these lists of brainy canines, the reader can most often find those breeds that do best in performance events. The statistics are usually based on interviews with obedience trainers. Although I am such a trainer myself, I'd like to offer another perspective.

There is a vast difference between "trainability" (I made that word up) and "intelligence." You can ask a person with a low IQ to sit at a peg board and put pegs in holes... chances are he'll do it all day long, without fuss.
Put a person of average or above intelligence at that same board, and you'll probably get, "Why am I doing this? For how long? Do I get paid? When's lunch?"
See what I mean? Sometimes, the lesser-functioning brain is more amenable to training-and perhaps the resulting High in Trial awards at dog shows-than a higher-functioning one.
Allow me to share with you a story of dog intelligence at its finest.

Decades ago, a friend was driving a sled dog team of purebred Siberian Huskies at a race in New England. She had sixteen dogs on the gangline, which means that her lead dog was roughly ninety feet in front of her. As the sled went around a curve, it slid on ice and threw her against a tree. The team, of course, kept going. She was badly injured and just lay there, stunned.

The lead dog, recognizing that the musher was no longer standing on the runners, turned the team around on the trail, brought them back to where she was, and stopped them. Imagine... he had fifteen race-happy Siberians running full-tilt behind him! He did this independently, with no command from anyone.


The woman was able to drag herself into the basket of the sled, whereupon she passed out. The leader then brought the team back to the starting chute, again without human direction. This is a striking example of intelligence and independent thinking. (She suffered broken vertebrae in her back.)

Now... Siberians are known in the dog world as the clowns of the obedience ring. One of my own stuck his neck through the side of a show ring (they are like stretched-out baby gates, with diamond-shaped openings) and dragged it through two other rings, thereby disrupting the judging in progress in three rings. Not the greatest display of intellect in action.

Those dogs that are the most difficult to train might not be "dumb," just as the ones that are easiest are not necessarily "smart."
Dogs of some breeds will obey almost without question. When you tell others to sit, they say, "Why?" And then the bargaining begins.
So you think you know what the smartest dog breeds are? Think again! There is a huge difference between trained responses and independent thinking



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