Are you struggling to teach your Basque Shepherd Dog to sit? The talent of sitting up is easily taught to petite dogs, however much bigger dogs are a different story. It’s tough for them to sustain their balance.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog to Sit: Planning
Sitting is one of the initial tricks that should be taught to a Basque Shepherd Dog and lays the ground work for a number of other techniques. In order to train a Basque Shepherd Dog to sit up, put together some treats as a perk, and place the Basque Shepherd Dog on her haunches in the corner, to ensure she can’t fall either backward or sideways and has very little or no space to stumble.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog to Sit: Familiarize Her With The Sound of The Words
Protect her from pitching forward by keeping your hand under her chin and using your second hand dangle her snack above her nose. Keep saying intelligibly and clearly, “sit.” Don’t force her to sit up for too long at any one time, however repeat the training regularly and reward her frequently with loads of cheers and treats.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog to Sit: Help Her Maintain Balance
In the beginner lesson your Basque Shepherd Dog will require quite a bit of support from your hand to keep her from tumbling forward, but as she gains control of her balancing muscles and realizes what you want, she will count less and less on your hand to keep her steady. Then you can gradually give your Basque Shepherd Dog less support until you will just have to keep one hand in position two or three inches from her neck or chin, to be ready to stop her from falling forward; later on you may withdraw this hand and just suspend the treat just above the height of her face.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog To Sit: Remove the Aids Progressively
After consistent training your Basque Shepherd Dog will sit up well after you tell her to. Then she should be set against your wall, so as to provide her a support for her back only. After she has soaked up this and can hold her position easily, rehearse with her against chair legs, pillows or other items that give her less and less assistance. Gradually she will master how to preserve her equilibrium and sit up without having anything to lean against.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog to Sit: Putting It All Together
Throughout all this training the command "sit up" will have been impressed upon her psyche by persistent repetition. Lastly is the final training to teach your Basque Shepherd Dog to sit up right after she hears the command. Most likely, if she has been diligently trained, you will merely have to get her out in the room, display to her a reward, hold it up a suitable distance from the floor, say "sit up" and she'll do so. Then just give her the treat while still in place.
The only necessity for excellence is to train with her multiple times daily until she can sit up when told and without being shown a treat; give her the snacks only once she has complied with the order.
Teach Your Basque Shepherd Dog Other Tricks
You have now the method for teaching your Basque Shepherd Dog many other tricks. She can now learn how to beg by waving your hand up and down just in front of her paws, which she will move in sync with yours. She also can learn to salute by moving one paw up to the side of her head, or to hold a wooden pipe in her mouth, or to wear a hat on her head or wear other clothes.
While instructing a Basque Shepherd Dog to tolerate being clothed, don't try to get her to wear too many things at one time. Try at first with just a cap. Soon after she gets accustomed to that you can put on a coat and slowly and gradually introduce her to the other clothes.
Delight in "teaching your Basque Shepherd Dog the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun while you're doing it!
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