10 Ways To Teach A Sit WITHOUT A Food Lure! Unreal Results For Puppies And Dogs Of All Ages #155
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 3 June 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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There’s a good chance that you’ve seen how to train a sit by luring your puppy or dog with a treat above their nose. I teach a sit 10 different ways, and none involve a lure. I’m covering the details of the 10 alternate ways to train a sit, how I use them and why, plus the reason I am never in a hurry to put sit on cue. You’ll be able to pick one of the 10 ways I’m sharing and start having fun training your puppy or dog to sit right away.
In the episode you'll hear:
• What a sit is for a dog and how it’s very particular.
• The physical considerations to notice when looking at your dog’s sit.
• That I want my dogs to sit with hips and hocks aligned.
• About knowing your criteria for a sit, including why fast is important.
• Why I don’t want my dogs to sit in front of me unless it’s for a dog sport.
• The difference between a “push back” and a “pop up” sit.
• Why I don’t name the behavior of sitting with a young puppy.
• How you could go for months without putting sit on cue.
• That the “search” game allows dogs to reset and sit.
• The details on the 10 ways to teach your puppy or dog to sit: Tugging, Crate Games, Bed Games, Foot
Target, Plank, Target Stick, Shaping, Rz Alley, Capturing, Free Shaping
Resources:
1. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog’s Reinforcement Zone (RZ) - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg
2. Podcast Episode 113: Your Dog’s Verbal Cues And Hand Signals: How To Effectively Train Both - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/113/
3. Podcast Episode 89: Why Dogs Should Not Tug: The Truth Revealed - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/89/
4. Get Crate Games Online - https://get.crategames.com/
5. YouTube Video: Perch Work (Pivots and Spins) - https://youtu.be/O6sj6fTJnFc
6. YouTube Video: Target Stick Training Part One - https://youtu.be/MzePo7RSQu4
7. YouTube Video: Target Stick Training Part Two - https://youtu.be/TqsEEWCXze0
8. Podcast Episode 32: 20 Easy Ways to Exercise Your Dog at Home (Search Game) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/32/
9. Podcast Episode 134: How To Teach A Dog Stay WITHOUT Luring, Collar Pops Or Using The Word “Stay” - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/134/
10. Podcast Episode 121: How To Stop Dogs Jumping Up On People - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/121/
11. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/WP9JRgKL2Ok
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you've ever been to a dog training class, there's a very good chance somebody has showed you |
| 0:04.5 | how to take a lure, put it above your puppy or dog's nose, and get them into a sitting position. |
| 0:10.4 | Well, if you've been following this podcast, you know we don't do things the way other people do it. |
| 0:16.4 | And that's why in this podcast today, I'm going to share with you the why and the how that I go |
| 0:23.1 | about teaching the sit 10 different ways, none of them involving a lure. |
| 0:29.1 | Hey, everybody, welcome to shape by dog. |
| 0:41.3 | And today I'm going to share with you, yes, the 10 ways that I teach a sit. |
| 0:46.4 | And yes, I use each and every one of those methods. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm going to share with you why I do those 10 different methods, why I think is a really not a great idea for dog training schools to be teaching a sit anyway |
| 0:58.6 | and why it's going to be a massive benefit to your dog to pick one or more of these |
| 1:03.8 | 10 ways and get working on them right away. |
| 1:06.1 | Okay. |
| 1:07.1 | First of all, what is a sit? |
| 1:09.3 | For me, it's very, very particular, which is why I have so many different ways of training |
| 1:14.6 | it. |
| 1:15.6 | Most of the time, I want my dog sitting at my side. |
| 1:18.8 | Either side is fine with me. |
| 1:20.6 | I would prefer that they're sitting straight, but what I really would like to see is that |
| 1:25.9 | my dog's hawks, that is the lower part of their leg, |
| 1:29.7 | is flat on the ground and that those hawks are lining up with the dog's hips. |
| 1:35.2 | Now, what a lot of dogs, especially puppies will do, they'll do a sloppy sit. |
| 1:39.5 | Sometimes we refer to that as a puppy sit. |
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