Are you attempting to teach your Black And Tan Coonhound to sit? The talent of sitting up is effortlessly taught to little dogs, yet much bigger canines are a different story. It’s tricky for them to keep their balance.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound to Sit: Anticipation
Sitting up is one of the most basic techniques that should be taught to a Black And Tan Coonhound and provides the foundation for plenty of other tricks. In order to train a Black And Tan Coonhound to sit up, organize some treats as a perk, and set the Black And Tan Coonhound on her backside in the corner, to make sure that she is unable to fall either backward or sideways and has very little or no space to stumble.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound to Sit: Acquaint Her With The Sound of The Words
Stop her from pitching forward by holding your hand under her chin and with the second hand dangle her snack above your Black And Tan Coonhound’s nose. Keep repeating deliberately and clearly, “sit.” Do not force her to sit up too long at any one time, but repeat the instruction frequently and reward her frequently with lots of kudos and snacks.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound to Sit: Help Her Stay Balanced
Throughout the 1st lesson your Black And Tan Coonhound will need quite a bit of help from you to stop her from tumbling forward, but as she gains better control of the stabilizing muscles and understands what you want, she’ll rely less on your hand to hold her steady. Then you can gradually give her less assistance until you’ll merely have to leave one hand in position two or three inches from her neck or chin, to be prepared to prevent her falling forward; eventually you might withdraw this hand and just simply dangle the snack right above the height of your Black And Tan Coonhound’s head.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound To Sit: Remove the Aids Gradually Over Time
With constant practice your Black And Tan Coonhound will sit up long after you set her up. The next step is she should be set up against the wall, so as to offer her a support for her back. Only after she has learned this and can maintain her position easily, rehearse with her using chair legs, pillows or other items that provide her less and less help. Sooner or later she will figure out how to maintain her equilibrium and sit up without having anything to rest against.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound to Sit: Putting It All Together
During all these lessons the command "sit up" will have been ingrained upon her subconscious with the assistance of constant repetition. Now is the final training to teach your Black And Tan Coonhound to sit up right after she hears the words. Most likely, if she has been properly instructed, you will just have to call her out into the room, show her a treat, hold it up a suitable distance from the ground, say "sit up or sit" and she will do so. Then you'll give her the snack while still in place.
The only necessity for excellence is to train with your Black And Tan Coonhound multiple times daily until she can sit up on command and without being shown a snack; give her the snacks only after she has adhered to the order.
Teach Your Black And Tan Coonhound Other Tricks
You have now the fundamentals for teaching your Black And Tan Coonhound many other tricks. She now can be taught how to beg by waving your hand up and down in front of her paws, which she will move in coordination with yours. She can also be taught to salute by bringing one paw to the side of her head, or to keep an object in her mouth, or to wear a hat on her head or wear other clothing.
While training a Black And Tan Coonhound to tolerate being dressed up, do not try to get her to wear too many items simultaneously. Try at first with a hat. After she becomes used to that you can put on a coat and over time introduce her to the other clothes.
Enjoy "teaching your Black And Tan Coonhound the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun in the process!
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