Are you attempting to teach your Old Croatian Sighthound to sit? The skill of sitting up is regularly taught to petite dogs, however much bigger dogs are another story. It is tricky for them to sustain their balance.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound to Sit: Readiness
Sitting up is one of the 1st tricks that you should teach to a Old Croatian Sighthound and lays the foundation for plenty of other techniques. To train a Old Croatian Sighthound to sit up, prepare some treats as a reward, and put your Old Croatian Sighthound on her haunches in a corner, so she can not fall either aft or sideways and has very little or no space to stumble.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound to Sit: Familiarize Her With The Command
Keep her from pitching forward by sticking one hand beneath her chin and using your second hand dangle her reward above the Old Croatian Sighthound’s face. Keep repeating distinctly and deliberately, “sit.” Don’t make her sit for too long at one time, however repeat the training routinely and reward her regularly with loads of kudos and treats.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound to Sit: Help Her Keep Her Balance
In the 1st lesson your Old Croatian Sighthound will require significant help and support from you to prevent her from pitching forward, but as she gets better control of the stabilizing muscles and figures out what you want, she’ll rely less and less upon your hand to keep her steady. Then you can gradually give her less support til you will merely have to leave one hand in position two or three inches from her chin or neck, to be ready to prevent her from falling forward; in the future you will be able to withdraw your hand and merely hold the treat right over the height of your Old Croatian Sighthound’s head.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound To Sit: Remove the Help Progressively
After regular training she will sit up for a long time after you make her. Afterward she should be set against your wall, so as to give her help for her back only. Only after she has gotten the hang of this and can maintain her posture effortlessly, practice with her against chair legs, pillows or other items that give her less and less help and support. In time she will understand how to preserve her balance and sit without relying on anything to rest on.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound to Sit: Putting It All Together
During all this training the command "sit up" will have been impressed upon her psyche through constant repetition. Now is the final lesson to teach your Old Croatian Sighthound to sit up whenever she hears the phrase. Chances are, if she has been properly trained, you will only have to get her out in the room, show to her a treat, hold it up a reasonable distance from the ground, say "sit up" and she will do so. Then give her the snack while still in place.
The only prerequisite for excellence is to practice with your Old Croatian Sighthound several times daily until she will sit up when commanded to and without being shown a snack; give her the rewards only after she has adhered to the direction.
Teach Your Old Croatian Sighthound Other Tricks
You have now the foundation for teaching your Old Croatian Sighthound many other skills. She can now learn to beg by moving your hand up and down in front of her paws, which she will move in sync with yours. She can also learn to salute by bringing one paw to the side of her head, or to keep a toy in her mouth, or to wear a hat on her head or wear other clothing.
While teaching a Old Croatian Sighthound to tolerate being dressed up, do not try to make her wear too many items at one time. Try at first with a cap. After she becomes accustomed to that you can put on a jacket and eventually introduce her to the other garments.
Delight in "teaching your Old Croatian Sighthound the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun at the same time!
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