Hi all, new to the site.
I have a little problem that i want to fix before going further into my training.
How can i get my GS pupp to sit closer to me. I try to lean back while on my knees, so that he gets closer. I also try not to reach out to feed him. I have also tried to just ignore him and not feed him, but he keeps doing the same. I have also tried to give lot's of hugs which he loves.
What do i do to correct this? My goal is to have hime very close to my chest while sitting.
I have looked for this all over the forum, and have not seen a good method for fixing this problem
I put him on a leash, and with a piece of hotdog guide him into a sit. He alway's started to back up to sit, now it's become a problem with him doing this. I guess it was the way i introduced him to sitting. I have been training him the sit for four day's , so it is very new to him. I just want to correct this before going on. Thanks.
He sit's on his own, but while he is sitting , he backs up. I am holding the treat well above his head also, but not too high to force him to back up.
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I think if it's (b), then I would try holding the leash firmly so he can't back up (but no comment or anything), and then guide him into the sit, and then mark instantly and reward.
I think that would break the habit without any kind of correction.
You mentioned not rewarding but not correcting with an unwanted version of "sit," and I would agree 100%. Unrewarded stuff extinguishes itself, IME. No hugs, either, for the backing-up sit. :>
I'm sure others here will have good suggestions. I haven't run into the backing up thing, oddly. (I've run into everything else, I think, with Basic Ob. )
He backs up just before sitting.
I don't want to enforce too much leash correction. I'm not sure an how to have him sit while holding the leash close to me while he is trying to back up.(pulling on himself with the leash)I don't want this technique to make him fear the leash.
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I would not be correcting at all. No no.
I meant just gathering the leash in your hand enough so that he can't back up. Totally upbeat, no correction, happy marker and rewards for good sit. If you were guiding him into the sit with the good treat overhead while you were holding the leash to keep him close, I don't really see this as something to make him fear the leash, or even as a correction.
I don't think it would take more than a couple of times to get the new habit going.
Maybe someone else who has actually encountered this will see this and post better ideas. :>
Hold the leash short and close, and let the dog sit without any leash movement. I think i may have had a little too much slack on the leash. I was being a little too careful not to let him pull on the leash.
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Quote: jose bequer
Thank you, i think i undrestand what you mean.
Hold the leash short and close, and let the dog sit without any leash movement. I think i may have had a little too much slack on the leash. I was being a little too careful not to let him pull on the leash.
YES! That was what I meant: No jerking or correcting at all.
I betcha he will get it very quickly and that you will not need the leash at all after a couple of times with very high-value treats.
You could also re-position him with the treat as a lure.
I feel pretty sure that something in your positioning of the treat when you were first teaching the sit command is what triggered the backing up..... maybe looming a little, or maybe putting the treat too far back......
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