Why Train Your Dog to Sit?
I teach most of the dogs that I help to sit to find my attention. Why? A dog can't sit and jump as well. If a dog knows that the way to get attention is to help sit, it will choose to sit, instead of getting. It really impresses people who meet it, too.
Reason 2: To Show That I'm in charge of Food
I train your dog to sit and stay while I feed that. This not only prevents it from jumping on me through the feeding process, it also reinforces the concept that I am in control by reminding the pet that I am in control of its access to the resource termed food. The latter is actually accomplished, because it must stay until I get its food down, and release it you eat.
Reason 3: To Stop Dogs From Bolting Out leading Door
To lower the chances that your dog will bolt through a great open door, I coach it to sit and stay while I available a door or entrance. The dog has to stay until given permission to go through the door. If I'm going through the door with the idea, I start to go through first. This, again, reinforces my position as being the one in charge, since dominant dogs goes through doors before much more submissive dogs.
Reason 4: To Keep a dog Safe at Street Aspects
I have my dog sit before crossing a street. This gets her inside habit of stopping before going into a street, thus reducing the chances that she will be used up into a street should she ever grab the chance. It also keeps her calmer while waiting until it's time to cross.
Reason 5: To Keep a dog Calm
I also like to have her sit while I am talking to someone for a walk. This allows me to know where she is, and what she is doing, without me required to continuously be watching the woman's.
Reason 6: To Control a sport of Fetch
I recommend you train your dog to sit when it brings toys back in games of fetch. This will keep it from playing around with the toys, and increases the likelihood that it will bring the toy all the way to you.
So, those are a few of the things that I use "sit" for when i am working with a dog. I trust that it helped you to understand the importance about this command. As for my dog Emma, she today sits whenever she wishes something. All I want to do is figure out precisely what she wants. LOL!
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