Sitting and lying down exercises for your dog

So you can walk your dog now without bad behavior? The next thing you need to work on is teaching him to sit up and lie down.

Teaching your dog to stay is a valuable skill that can help keep your home nice and calm. The last thing you want is neighbors complaining about the noise your dog makes.

As you’ve seen in dog training, passing a treat over your dog’s head makes him sit while you chase him. Give him the treat and you’ve already started teaching him how to sit. A good idea is to associate this behavior with the “sit” command so that it continues to obey without the reward.

An alternative would be to push their bottoms down until they sit up. Whichever method you choose, remember to keep teaching your dog until he masters it.

The “stay down” is by all means an extension of the “sit” command. When he has learned to sit, your next step is to encourage him to stay still.

While your dog is sitting, hold him steady and offer him another treat while saying “down.” At the same time, gently push it down so it knows what you want it to do.

At a more advanced stage, you can also use hand signals to teach your dog to sit and stay down.

All other obedience training exercises are based on these principles. As with any other trick, it takes time and patience to pull off.