How to train a dog to sit up

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Sarah Johnson

Healthcare Technology Correspondent

How to train a dog to sit up
1. First, you need to hold the dog up with both hands to help the dog achieve a sitting posture.

2. When the dog's sitting posture is relatively stable, the hand holding the dog can move up and down to let the dog find its own balance. Do not keep holding on to one position, which will make the dog dependent. .

3. When the dog can find its own balance and stabilize for a second, immediately reward the dog verbally (or press the clicker), and then reward the dog with food. Slowly the dog will be able to leave your hands.

4. On this basis, the time is extended little by little to stabilize the two-second reward, the three-second reward, the four-second reward... The sitting and standing subjects are very demanding on the dog's physical strength, so young dogs are not suitable for training, waist and legs. Dogs with weak waist and legs should wait until the dog's waist and legs are strong before training this subject, and do not rush for success during training.

5. As long as the dog is a little better than before, you can reward it. According to the dog's physical condition, you can stop training when the dog is most excited to maintain the dog's desire and confidence.

6. If you wait until the dog is very tired and its confidence has dropped before you stop training, the dog's confidence will be affected and the dog will not like to do this subject in the future.

7. When training (it is difficult to concentrate the dog's attention during the first training), you must be patient, never act too hastily, be meticulous and follow scientific rules. Because the training itself also exercises the owner's own endurance.

8. From the beginning, you should develop the habit of talking to the dog as softly as possible instead of shouting loudly to the dog frequently. Yelling loudly can only make the dog become numb and slow.

9. When teaching a dog to sit or stand, it is best to do it in a place that the dog is familiar with, safe and quiet. When reviewing something you already understand, do it in a slightly distracting area. When reviewing something you have fully mastered, do it in a more distracting area.