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Sit Exercise
Points to Remember
  • High value treats
  • Dog in front of you parallel position
  • Hold in between your fingers
  • Crate a connection between the treat and the nose - almost like a magnet
  • Slowly lift your hand upwards to keep the connection, going over the head
  • As you go over the head, what will happen is that the hindquarters will automatically go down into the sit position. 
  • As the dog sits, Good Sit and Praise. 
  • Do this several times with no cue being given before.
  • Once the dog understands what is required, you can then request a Sit, using both the Hand Signal, which is lifting your hand upwards, towards you, as in the video and say Sit at the same time. 
  • Once the dog is doing reliably, start to do in different places.
  • Once behaviour proofed, then start to fade. ​