|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||
Training your dog to sit, come, stay or lie down is actually easier than you think regardless of what type of dog you own. Most dogs are very willing to carry out these activities because they want to please their owner and they quickly learn that it is also in their best interests to do. As soon as you are respected as being in charge and when they know their name, they are prepared and ready for obedience training. One of the first activities of having a pet is training your dog to sit. This is easier with puppies because they look up to you as their natural leader. They quickly understand that they are very dependent on you. Older dogs take a while longer to accept a new person as their leader, in fact they are similar to us humans. Through consistent and confident behavior they learn to respect you. It's important to be training your dog to sit when both you and your dogs mind are alert. Use body language as well as words and combine these with awards. Timing is very important and start using simple instructions. Start as you mean to continue, using specific words together with body or hand signals for your commands. It is also important when training your dog to sit that the rest of your family and friends use the same commands. A good time to train is before feeding time. When they are young you have 3 or 4 prepared training opportunities each day. As the meals are reduced start training your dog to sit after they wake up and have emptied their bowels. To begin with always combine praise with food rewards, but intermittently, not all the time as this is more effective way of training. Here are the basic commands that you will quickly learn for training your dog to sit: 1. Stand facing your dog with the reward (food) in your hand, command it to "Come" - You may have to use a lead to ensure it responds at first. 2. When it reaches you, move your hand holding the food directly above your dogs head, but they must have eye contact with the reward. As their head follows the food above, their rump will naturally go down. When you see your dog bending its hind legs, give the command "Sit" 3. As your dog assumes a sitting position, say "Good Boy" (or girl, or dog) and give them the food straight away. Graduate to standing beside your dog while giving the command to "Sit". Initially give them the rewards, but after a while, reward them intermittently. Finally your words of praise alone will be sufficient reward for your dog. 4. When training your dog to sit most dogs naturally assume a sitting position to keep their eye on something above them. If however that your dog doesn't sit for their reward, hold their collar in one hand and use your other hand to tuck her into a sitting position. Give the command "Sit" as you do this and again instantly give them the reward with a verbal "Good dog" 5.Finally when training your dog to sit, try and avoid over excitement. If meal times are too exciting for them, they won't concentrate on your commands. In this case, train them on a full stomach using less stimulating but interesting enough rewards. Never give a command without making sure your dog complies. If you do, you are actively training your dog to ignore that command. There are a few more tips for training your dog to sit as well as other important commands: .Avoid distractions. Start these commands in your home rather than the garden or park until you are both more comfortable with this. .Keep the lessons short. The whole process should only last about 2 minutes. Over 5 is too long for a puppy, older dogs will concentrate more but not more than 15 minutes. .Keep the lessons enjoyable. If either you or your dog aren't enjoying the exercise, stop and try later when you both have the energy to do so. .And finally, always finish on a positive note. The whole exercise should be fun for both you and your dog. Don't save the most powerful reward for the end of your session, you will have your dog thinking they want the session to finish so they can get the big reward.
Article Source: http://www.bharatbhasha.net Article Url: http://www.bharatbhasha.net/family.php/278837 Article Added on Friday, January 21, 2011 LD
| |||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||
| family >> Top 50 Articles on Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category - > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
