Are you attempting to teach your Petit Bleu De Gascogne to sit? The talent of sitting up is easily taught to little dogs, though larger dogs are another story. It is hard for them to maintain their equilibrium.
Teach Your Petit Bleu De Gascogne to Sit: Foundation
Sitting is one of the very first techniques that should be taught to a Petit Bleu De Gascogne and provides the ground work for plenty of other skills. To train a Petit Bleu De Gascogne to sit up, put together some treats as a perk, and place the Petit Bleu De Gascogne 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 Petit Bleu De Gascogne to Sit: Acquaint Her With The Sound of The Words
Protect her from pitching towards you by securing your hand beneath her chin and with your second hand hold her reward above her face. Keep saying intelligibly and clearly, “sit.” Do not force her to sit too long at one time, but do repeat the instruction regularly and reward her regularly with loads of adoration and snacks.
Teach Your Petit Bleu De Gascogne to Sit: Help Her Keep Her Balance
In the beginner lesson she will need a lot of help from you to keep her from tumbling forward, but as she gets more control of the stabilizing muscles and recognizes what you want her to do, she’ll count less and less upon your hand to hold her steady. Gradually, you can give your Petit Bleu De Gascogne less help and support until you will only have to leave one hand in position two or three inches from her chin or neck, to be prepared to prevent her falling forward; later on you may withdraw your hand completely and merely dangle the snack just above the height of your Petit Bleu De Gascogne’s head.
Teach Your Petit Bleu De Gascogne To Sit: Remove the Help Progressively
With regular practice she will sit up for a good while after you command her. The next step is she should be set against the wall, so as to offer her a support for her back. Once she has mastered this and can keep her place effortlessly, practice with her using chair legs, pillows or other objects that provide her less and less support. In the end she will learn to maintain her equilibrium and sit without something to rest on.
Teach Your Petit Bleu De Gascogne to Sit: Putting It All Together
During all this training the command "sit up" will have been ingrained upon her mind by means of frequent repetition. Last comes the final lesson to teach your Petit Bleu De Gascogne to sit up whenever she hears the words. There's a great chance, if she has been properly taught, you will simply have to summon her out into the room, display a treat, hold it up a suitable distance from the ground, say "sit" and she'll obey. Then give her the reward while still in position.
The only necessity for excellence is to practice with your Petit Bleu De Gascogne several times a day until she sits when told and without being shown a snack; give her the treats only after she has adhered to the order.
Teach Your Petit Bleu De Gascogne Other Tricks
You have now the groundwork for teaching your Petit Bleu De Gascogne many other tricks. She now can be taught how to beg by waving your hand up and down just in front of her paws, which she'll move in coordination with yours. She can also learn to salute by moving one paw up 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 clothes.
When training a Petit Bleu De Gascogne to submit to being clothed, don't try to make her wear too many things at one time. Try at first with a hat. Soon after she becomes adjusted to that you could put on a coat and progressively introduce her to the other garments.
Delight in "teaching your Petit Bleu De Gascogne the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun at the same time!
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