This week we have been working on teaching Daisy to sit. While she picked up on sitting down as soon as she sees a treat, she doesn’t necessarily know to sit down when I use the word ‘sit’. Because of this, I have changed my training method from using treats as a motivator to treats as a reward instead. When I first began changing the training method I used a treat to get Daisy to sit down the first few times and then after that I no longer showed her the treat before asking Daisy to sit down. The transition between methods was surprisingly easy and she now knows that when I say the word ‘sit’ she should sit down. While my training method still involves treats I am trying to slowly use positive words or pets as rewards instead. One of the resources that I have been finding very useful is Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution, and for teaching Daisy how to sit I specifically liked Zak George’s video 3 Easy Things to Teach Your New Puppy!
