The Importance of Training a Dog to Sit

Series Summary

Teaching your dog or puppy basic obedience commands can be a tricky feat, but the reward of a happy, healthy pet makes it well worth the time and effort it takes to train a dog. Learning how to stay, sit, and heel are important for both you and your dogs happiness and safety. There are many variations and theories on how to train a dog, but most professional dog trainers will tell you to reward good behavior and negatively reinforce bad behavior. Of course this can be more difficult than it sounds. Many people may end up unknowingly enforcing the bad behavior instead of the good, but with a little effort and knowledge of how a dog learns, even you can teach your dog basic obedience commands.

Training a dog to sit is one of the most basic and well-known commands for a pet owner. In this free video series, a dog obedience trainer will teach you how to train a dog to sit with step-by-step instructions. You'll learn when to command a dog to sit, how to use visuals to associate with verbal commands, and how to bait a dog with treats to get their attention. You'll also discover how to properly address a dog when giving commands, how to holds treats for a few seconds, and how to feed dogs flat-handed. With these training tips and techniques, you'll be able to teach your dog to sit in a calm and controlled manner.

Video Transcript

"In this segment, I will be talking about how do make your dog sit. Sit is the most vital, what I call home base of all commands to reiterate to your dog that you're the boss and you're dog is the submissive follower. Sit can be used many times throughout the day, which will show the dog to be calm and reiterate to them that they are the follower and not the leader. In the, in the next, following clips, I will show you how to use food when we use the sit command and all the necessary steps in getting your dog to sit. Once they learn the sit command it will be second nature to have them sit down gently, eventually not even needing treats to learn how to sit. So keep, keep a good eye in the next couple of segments, to find out how to make Fido sit. "