One of the most useful commands you can teach your puppy, is how to sit. When sitting, a dog will give you their full attention, which makes it a great command to use before moving to another command. It’s also great for safety- if your dog is about to cross the road unattended, then the…

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Teaching your dog the “sit” command could be one of the most useful commands you ever teach him. A poorly trained dog is a direct reflection on you the pet owner and how much care about your dog. In fact an untrained dog becomes a nuisance to its owner therefore the dog and owner become…

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One of the first commands you want to teach your dog are the basic sit, stay, down and so on. Training your dog how to sit on command can be very fun and remember that no roughness is need in any type of dog training. Make sure you have lots of treats, patience and time….

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Facing the daunting task of training your dog, the first command you should tackle is sit. All other commands logically follow sit to your dog, and it is so easy to teach and learn that it is the perfect starting point for behavior training success. The purpose of training a dog to sit is to…

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Complex dog training is based on a foundation of the successful carrying-out of simple commands. A search and rescue dog does not begin with searching and rescuing, and a well-trained gun dog does not instigate his education with quartering a field and retrieving shot birds. Before a dog can carry out these more difficult tasks…

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What is so special about your dog being able to sit when you say to do so? It is not so much the sitting itself which is important, but the fact that you get your dog to take notice of you and do exactly as you say. It is not that there is anything particularly…

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One of the most useful commands your dog can learn is the sit command. I like to teach this two different ways simultaneously. The first way is to teach it while you are teaching your dog to heel on a leash. Use the method mentioned in the previous blog, “Teaching Your Dog to Heel.” Each…

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Before you start one of the very first steps in puppy and basic dog obedience training, there are a few things that you should consider. The aim of all aspects of learning how to train a puppy or dog is to make the training session fun and interesting for your dog. If it seems like…

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One of the primary instructions which dog lovers want to train their own canines will be the command “sit”. You can make use of this command when you wish your dog to stay put and also to stop following you around. Training your dog the way to sit down and the way to follow some…

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Some people feel that the easier dog training commands such as the ‘Sit’ command are not as important as house training and other related obedience training. However, this could not be more wrong – teaching your puppy to sit is the back bone of everything that your puppy will learn later in his life. The…

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