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Puppy Training – Teach Them To Sit and Come While They Play Fetch
Puppy training is important whether for fun or good behavior. During the process of teaching the puppy the fetch game, it is necessary that the treats are used alongside praise and there is a very good reason for this. The importance of praise hasn’t been firmly written on the chalkboard of your pup’s mind, so until it is, give your pup what is known to be a positive reward stimulus and that is food. You may be thinking, shouldn’t training always take place in the pup’s head and not their stomach and while this is true, they are learning a game.
Dog and puppy training can be a fun time for both you and your dog. Try to get at least three fetching games of ten minutes each, into each day for three days in a row. These fetching drills should be in addition to a five or ten minute walk on the leash, daily. We’re going to sneak in two commands while the puppy is having these “game times” and before it even realizes what’s happened, it will have been trained to respond to “come” and “sit”.
During your retrieving games, when your puppy has returned the play toy to you, place your left hand on its rear end and your right underneath its chin. Press down gently with the left hand while administering small pressure upwards with your right as you say the command ’sit’.
Makes For Good Puppy Behavior
Immediately after the puppy has been placed in the sitting position, shower him with praise and toss out the toy once more. When the puppy returns with the toy, withhold any praise until you have commanded, “sit” and have placed it in the sitting position. If the puppy should squirm from your grasp and you fail to get it properly seated, do not throw the play toy, do not praise and above all, do not give up. This will begin the process of a well trained dog and hence good puppy behavior.
Use the leash to bring the puppy back to you, say, “sit” and place the puppy in the sitting position, concluding each fetch-sit game with a tasty reward.
Around the time you wrap up the third session of the fetch-sit game, you may see that there is not much need for left hand pressure to encourage the puppy to sit. You have a 10-minute walk on leash still scheduled for each of the days, four through seven. The entire routine will be the same as on the preceeding days and keep four tidbits with you. As you lead the puppy outdoors, be sure to keep them securely in a pocket and out of scent range and also sight.
After you have ventured out on what the dog thinks is a routine walk, take out a treat and kneel to the dogs level, then say his name and follow up with the “come” command. Using the leash, carefully pull the puppy towards you. Give it the tidbit, and at the same time pour on the praise. By giving the tidbit with the praise, your puppy will begin to learn that praise is synonymous with the reward. These dog training and puppy training techniques can be followed in other areas of your training.