Sit and Lie Down Exercises for Your Dog

So you can walk your dog now without bad behavior? The next thing you should work on is teaching him to sit and lie down.

Teaching your dog to stay is a valuable skill that can help make your home nice and calm. The last thing you want is for the neighbors to complain about the noise your dog makes.

As you’ve observed in dog training, passing a treat over your dog’s head causes him to sit up while you chase him. Give him the treat and you’ve already started teaching him how to sit. A good idea is to associate this behavior with the command “sit” so that it continues to obey without the treat.

An alternative would be to push their bottoms down until they sit down. Whichever method you choose, remember to keep teaching your dog until it’s mastered.

The “stay down” is by all means an extension of the “sit” command. When he has learned to sit, your next step is to encourage him to sit still.

While your dog is sitting, hold him steady and offer him another treat while saying “down.” At the same time, gently push him down so he knows what you want him to do.

At a more advanced stage, you can also use hand signals to teach your dog to sit and lie down.

All other obedience training exercises are based on these principles. As with any other trick, it takes time and patience to pull it off.