What if I told you there's one answer to solve your puppies biting, barking, and jumping?

Are you interested? Stay tuned.

Welcome to the puppy training podcast. I'm Amy Jensen, founder of Baxter and Bella, the online

puppy school. Here, we are all about helping you create the best possible experience raising a puppy, from

training tips to practical tricks, all aimed at fostering a happy, well-behaved dog who

truly feels like part of the family. So, if you are ready to enjoy the journey and strengthen

the bond with your dog. Let's get started.

Hello everybody. Welcome back to the puppy training podcast. If you're new, also, I'm glad you're here. Now, this is where I help you raise your dog to be your best friend. I want you to be

able to live life with your dog, doing the things you love to to do and that your dog likes to do together.

So I'm Amy from Baxter and Bella and today we are talking about one of my favorite

foundational skills called sit to say please. This simple little behavior can make a big

difference in reducing your common puppy challenges like biting, barking, and jumping.

These are the major concerns that I hear about as a puppy trainer.

Having coached thousands of families on this tip, I promise you it works.

It's pretty simple.

So today let's talk about what it is and how to use it effectively with your new puppy.

Sit to say please means your puppy learns to sit politely to ask for

things they want like attention, food, play, or even to go outside. It's the canine version of saying

please. So instead of jumping, barking, or grabbing your puppy learns, oh, if I just sit calmly,

then I get good things, right? Things that I want to have happen, happen. Now, this skill becomes

the foundation for polite behavior in almost every situation, because it teaches puppies

that self-control works. Now, puppies only do what works for them. So as soon as they

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