How to Teach Your Golden Retriever to Sit

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Melanie McLeroy with Taurus Training for Expert Village. Today we’re going to talk about training golden retrievers. Let’s teach this golden retriever how to sit. Now since I don’t know Bodie, I don’t know which technique is going to work for him. I do however know that he likes food; and by the way I’m using pieces of his dog food here as a reward because Bodie has got some food allergies. I’m going to try to get his attention. Bodie, good, sit, good. Now, there he sat automatically. So, I just used serendipity there and said the word as he did it, and then marked him and rewarded it. What I’m going to show you now is how to teach golden retriever sit using food as a lure. Okay, come here, show him the food and lead their nose upward, Sit, good. That’s the proper sequence. You lead their nose upward. You say the word as the bottom is going down, you mark it as soon as the bottom hits the ground, and the then give the reward. If you haven’t already, be sure to checkout the video on giving commands properly before you proceed teaching your golden retriever how to sit. Bodie, good, okay, okay, let's try that again… sit, good. Oh! Very nice. You like your dog food, okay. Sit… good, very nice. Notice I didn’t give him a treat that time. I want the rewards to start becoming random at this point. Okay, sit, good. Now I’m not even using food as a lure. I’m just using a hand signal. We might even get to the point when Bodie is responding to a verbal command. Let’s try it. Okay… sit… good... I might not have a relationship with Bodie, but obviously somebody has trained him, but since I’m a new trainer, it was easy for me to show you the sequence of having how to teach your golden retriever how to sit. Now, be patient, not all golden retrievers, especially young puppies are quite this responsive. So we’re going to go on and see if Bodie knows anything about lying down. "