Training Your Dog To Sit Like You

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Training Your Dog To Sit Like You
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The trick of sitting up is easily taught to
small dogs, but should try not be included in a
big dogs education, as it is difficult for them
to preserve their balance
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The trick of sitting up is easily taught to
small dogs, but should try not be included in a
big dogs education, as it is difficult for them
to preserve their balance
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Keep him from pitching forward by holding one
hand under his chin and with the other hand hold
the treat above his nose and keep repeating
distinctly and deliberately say, sit up. Do
not make him sit up too long at any one
time, but repeat the lesson frequently and
reward him often with plentiful of praise and
treats.
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During his first lesson he will require
considerable assistance from your hand to prevent
him from pitching forward, but as he gets
control of the balancing muscles and
understands what you want, he will depend less
and less upon your hand to keep him in position
and you can gradually render him less assistance
until you will only have to keep one hand in
position two or three inches from his neck or
chin, so as to be ready to prevent him
pitching forward later on you can withdraw
this hand entirely and simply hold the treat
just above the level of his head
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By constant practice he will sit up well after
you set him up then he should be set up against
the wall, so as to afford him a support for his
back only, and after he has been well schooled at
this and can keep his position easily, practice
him against chair legs, cushions or other objects
that afford him less and less assistance, until
finally he learns to preserve his balance and
sits up without anything to lean against
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During all these lessons the words sit
up have been impressed upon his mind by
frequent repetition, and now comes the final
lesson to teach him to sit up as soon as he hears
the words, and the chances are, if he
has been diligently drilled, it will be
necessary only to call him out in the
room, show him a treat, hold it up a
suitable distance from the floor, say sit up
and he will do so, when he should be given the
treat while still in position.
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The only necessity to perfection is to practice
him several times a day until he will sit up at
the word and without being shown a reward that
can be given him after he has obeyed.
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You have now a foundation for many other tricks.
He can be taught to beg by moving your hand up
and down just in front of his paws, which he will
move in unison with yours. He can also be taught
to salute by bringing one paw up to the side of
his head, or to hold a wooden pipe in his mouth,
or to wear a cap on his head or other articles of
wearing apparel.
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In teaching a dog to submit to being dressed up,
do not attempt to get him to wear too many things
at once try him at first with a cap and after he
becomes accustomed to that you can put on a coat
and gradually accustom him to the other clothing
articles.
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Enjoy teaching your dog the sit up trick and
most importantly have fun along the way!
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