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. ​