Hi! I’m Melanie McLeroy with Taurus Training for Expert Village, and today we’re going to talk about training dogs. So now we’ve taught this Rottweiler how to pay attention. Now, let’s move on and teach her how to sit. There are a couple of different ways we can go about it. I was kidding about the paying attention. She’s totally focused on somebody off camera here. So I’m going to use the method of getting her attention that actually uses food as a lure, and then I’m going to use the food as a lure to get her to sit. I’ll lead her nose into the air and say the word as her rear end is going down, and I’m 95% sure she’s going to hit the ground with her rear. And then as her bottom hits the ground, I’ll mark it and then give her a treat. Ursa, good. Now, remember the reason I’m doing this is because I want to set her up to succeed. If she’s that involved with looking at something else, I’m setting her up to fail if I say her name without a little extra incentive. Now I got a free sit there and that’s wonderful. Now I’m going to get her up and work on teaching her to sit. Good girl, okay. Sit, good, alright that was too easy, since Ursa is very focused on me: she’s very interested in the food. I’m going to start using another method of teaching her how to sit, which is simply using my body language to kind of show her what I want her to do. Okay, sit, good. Now there I get a little bit slower response because she’s not exactly sure what I’m doing, but if you move forward, that often causes dogs to lean back and their rear ends hit the ground. So you’re kind of using serendipity in dog training. Okay, sit, good. Rottweilers are really aware of everything going on around them, and that’s why they are so good as guard dogs. So, this method can work really well with a Rottweiler. Oh! She’s interested in the treat again, just switch hands, okay, sit, good. I’m not going to give her treat every time, remember. Okay, sit, good. Now be patient I worked with Ursa for a few minutes before we got on camera and she’s doing extremely well. If this method isn’t working for you, check out another video and may be use a different method on your Rottweiler. For the time being, Ursa, good girl, for sitting and paying attention.
