Teaching your dog the "sit" command represents one of the best and more useful lessons you could teach him. Having a poorly trained dog can be a reflection on you as a pet owner and is an indication of how much care about and love your dog. Whether your dog is a puppy or a fully-grown adult dog it is possible to teach him to sit with only a little bit of effort on your part.

Being able to teach your dog the "sit" command represents one of the best and more useful lessons you could teach him. Having a poorly trained dog can be a reflection on you as a pet owner and is an indication of how much care about and love your dog. An untrained dog is a nuisance to its owner and this causes the dog and owner both to become unhappy. Whether your dog is a puppy or a fully grown adult dog it is possible to teach him to sit with only a little bit of effort on your part.

Are you afraid that your dog will never be able to learn a new 'trick'? Don't be. Start teaching your dog how to sit today.

In understanding dog behavior you first need to understand some dog training secrets to teach your dog to sit. First you are going to need some treats, although this isn't always the best way to get a dog to do something you want! Just use anything you know your dog enjoys like biscuits, chewy treats or household items. Your goal is to get your dog to sit when you use the word. As a suggestion you can gradually get your dog used to the word just by saying the word when the dog is sitting anyway.

Dog sits down - you say "sit" and praise him. You can practice this every day by doing the following:

Call your dog and offer them the treat. Let them sniff the treat and get excited first! Then slowly move the treat until it's over the dog's head. This should result in the dog naturally moving into the sitting position.

Your dog must come to associate the activity of sitting with the treat, the praise and the action of sitting. Try to get your timing just right. Some dog behavior tips include: rewarding the dog and over time start to begin to decrease the size of the treat. Then keep heaping praise on your dog. Do this exercise a few times a day, but do not overdo it since you want make your pet come to think of it as fun. Try to practice around mealtimes when your dog is hungry; this will make him keener for the treats. This is one of many dog behavior solutions available.

Make sure the treats are always accessible, since the treat needs to happen just as soon as the dog is sitting.

Don't push your dog’s bottom down; since this will cause your pet to associate the action of sitting with having you push his bottom to the ground. If this doesn't work with your dog, then you might want to think about obedience classes with other dogs.

End each training session on a positive note. Teaching your dog to sit using these positive reinforcement techniques will strengthen the bond between you. Consider it time well spent.

Once you have come to master the basic command 'sit' you should find it much easier to train your dog in the other basic commands. "Sit-stay", "down" 'heel' and 'come' are also useful commands, and you can also use the treats in a similar way with these commands. Training your dog is an ongoing process. You should keep praising your dog regularly and never display anger with your dog’s reaction to your command.

Take advantage of all new situations to put your dog training into practice. An important thing to remember about learning how to sit is that the dog will should be able to sit under a variety of conditions, like sitting around other dogs, around new people, when the doorbell rings etc. Soon this will become common dog behavior in your dog over time too.

Being able to successfully Train your dog well is one of the most important things you can do for your dog. Besides having a well behaved dog you will also have an obedient dog. Dogs tend to function as part of a pack - and he should see you are the leader. Your dog will be better adjusted not to mention a whole lot happier if he knows his place in the pack. Dogs are naturally willing to please their owners. So be a great pack leader for your dog and start teaching your puppy to sit today!