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. Since the puppy has yet to understand the importance of praise, you will have to give the puppy the positive reward stimulus of food until it does understand. 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 made fun for both you and your pup. Attempt to do at least three of the fetching games for a period of ten minutes each day, for three days in sequence. The fetching drills should be included with a five or ten minute walk daily on the leash. 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 lightly with your left hand while exerting a small amount of upward pressure with your right as you command, “sit”.
Good Puppy Behavior
As soon as you have placed the puppy in that sitting position, pour on the enthusiastic praise, then toss the play toy out again. 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 will have a walk on the leash for 10 minutes on the schedule for the days numbered four through seven. All things will be as they’ve been on preceding days and take four small 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. While showering the puppy in priase, give him the tidbit. By following the treat with lavish praise, the puppy will see that this praise coincides with a tasty reward. These dog training and puppy training tips can be utilized in many areas of your training.
