Are you working to teach your Old Time Farm Shepherd to sit? The talent of sitting up is effortlessly taught to small dogs, though larger doggies are a different story. It’s hard for them to keep their balance.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd to Sit: Preparing
Sitting up is one of the most basic skills that should be taught to a Old Time Farm Shepherd and forms the ground work for numerous other skills. To train a Old Time Farm Shepherd to sit up, put together some treats as a perk, and set the Old Time Farm Shepherd on her backside in a corner, to ensure she can’t fall either aft or sideways and has very little or no space to stumble.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd to Sit: Familiarize Her With The Words
Stop her from tilting forward by holding one hand under her chin and with your other hand hold her reward above your Old Time Farm Shepherd’s face. Keep saying deliberately and distinctly, “sit up.” Do not force her to sit too long at one time, however repeat the lesson often and reward her often with lots of praise and snacks.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd to Sit: Help Her Maintain Balance
During the first lesson she will need quite a bit of support from your hand to stop her from tumbling forward, but as she gains more control of her muscles and learns what you want, she’ll rely less upon your hand to hold her in position. Then you can gradually give her less help and support till you will merely have to maintain one hand in position two or three inches from her neck or chin, to be set to stop her falling forward; later you might take away your hand completely and just simply suspend the treat just above the height of your Old Time Farm Shepherd’s face.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd To Sit: Remove the Help Gradually Over Time
After frequent training she will stay seated long after you set her up. Afterward she should be set up against your wall, so as to provide her help for her back only. Immediately after she has figured out this and can maintain her position effortlessly, practice with her using chair legs, pillows or other items that provide her less and less support. Eventually she will get the hang of how to maintain her stability and sit up without having anything to rest against.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd to Sit: Putting It All Together
During the course of all this training the words "sit up" will have been impressed upon her mind through frequent repetition. Now here's the final lesson to teach your Old Time Farm Shepherd to sit up right after she hears the words. Most likely, if she has been properly instructed, you will merely have to call her out into the room, display to her a treat, hold it up a suitable distance from the ground, say "sit up or sit" and she will obey. Then you'll just give her the treat while still in position.
The only criteria for excellence is to train with your Old Time Farm Shepherd several times a day until she can sit when commanded to and without being shown a snack; give her the snacks only once she has obeyed the command.
Teach Your Old Time Farm Shepherd Other Tricks
You have now the technique for teaching your Old Time Farm Shepherd many other skills. She now can be taught how to beg by moving 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 moving one paw to the side of her head, or to keep something in her mouth, or to wear a cap on her head or wear other clothes.
While teaching a Old Time Farm Shepherd to tolerate being clothed, do not try to make her wear too many garments simultaneously. Try her at first with just a hat. Once she gets adjusted to that you could put on a jacket and over time introduce her to the other clothes.
Delight in "teaching your Old Time Farm Shepherd the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun in the process!
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