05/24/2023
Teaching a dog to sit: Once a dog has just learned the command to sit - one of the most common mistakes that I hear from family and friends is repeating the same command “sit” 10 times in 20 seconds.
All this does is excite the dog and make it worse. The dog may eventually sit but this is the worst thing you can do once a dog has just learned a new command.
They need time to process it, and need you to remain calm yet assertive. Tell the dog “sit” with a calm and confident voice and then give her or him a few seconds to process the command.
If the dog doesn’t sit after a about 7 seconds calmly and assertively repeat it again and wait a about 7 seconds again.
A lot of this has to do with your body posture. A dog is more visual. I can get my dogs to sit without saying a word, yet others struggle to get the same dogs to sit even with words.
A lot of training dogs, comes with training the humans too. 🤷♂️
For any questions relating to your dogs or dog training feel free to send me a message.
