How do you train a Border Collie to sit and stay?

Answer 1

Use highly desirable treats. Get your dog's attention on the treat, but don't let him get it yet. Slowly raise your hand up and slightly ahead of your dog, making sure his nose follows. When his nose gets high enough, he'll have to sit. Then give him a taste of the treat, give a release word, and take a few steps away.

It is important to establish both a command word ("sit") and a release word in training. Without a release command, you cannot teach a dog to stay in a position. Avoid using a commonly used word such as, "okay," as your release word because you may say it inadvertantly in ordinary conversation and release your dog when you didn't intend to. Choose a word you don't use often in other circumstances besides training.

Always give your release word before allowing him to move out of the sit. If he tries to move before you've given the word, gently use your hands on his chest and rump to hold him in place until you release him. Don't ask him to stay in position for more than one second at first. Stay times must be built up slowly.

Always begin stay training in a quiet place with few distractions, and with the dog on a leash so he can't wander or bound off. Stay very close at first so you can catch him when he starts to get up but before he actually does. Timing is critical. The faster you catch him coming out of the sit, the faster he will learn to stay.

While he is holding the stay, remember to praise him and gently scratch his chest and rump to let him know you are pleased with what he is doing. If you give a treat, always give it while he is still staying and never after you have released him. This will help him develop a strong, reliable stay.

Be very careful about pushing down on a puppy. Large portions of their skeletons are still cartilage and it is easy to damage this cartilage causing permanent changes and life-long disability. A healthy dog who likes treats will sit if you hold the treat properly and slowly raise it. If he doesn't sit that way, he may have a medical problem (some dogs are physically unable to sit).

Other contributors have said:

• You hold a treat up and say firmly, "Sit!" If he doesn't sit, push his butt down gently and slowly. Keep doing that until the dog gets it.

Answer 2

Get some treats out first so that if he/she does it right you will give them a treat first get you're dog to pay attention to you them lightly push on the back of his/her bum so that he/she is in an sitting position keep on doing that and say sit when u push down and every time you do that give a small piece of a treat to encourage them practice at least 5 times a day until you're dog gets the hand of it.

• Step 1

  Stand in front of your dog.

• Step 2

  Hold a treat right near your pet's nose, just out of his or her reach.

• Step 3

  Slowly move the treat over your pup's head and toward his or her tail.

• Step 4

  Say your dog's name, and give the command "Sit."

• Step 5

  Keep the treat at nose level. If the treat is held too high, the dog will jump.

• Step 6

  Say the word "good" at the exact second the dog sits.

• Step 7

  Praise abundantly and give your pet a treat for any movement that resembles the sit position.

• Step 8

  Release your pet from the sit position with the "release" or "free" command.

• Step 9

  Repeat for 5 minutes.

Answer 3

Take a small soft treat in your hand and hold your hand in front of your puppy/dog. You will have to be bitten a couple times, then lower your hand with the treat lower on the ground then say sit in a kind way, your dog should sit, when he sits reward him with the treat do this every day he should know how to sit in no time.

Answer 4

one way would be to get a treat, say SIT, and hold it close to the dog's nose. If he sits down, give him the treat. If that doesn't work, simply say SIT, push his behind down into sitting position and give him treat.

Answer 5

hold a dog treat above its nose so its looking at you but hold it close to the nose so that it does not jump up. Them say calmly and firmly to "Sit". give the dog the treat when it sits.

hold a dog treat above its nose so its looking at you but hold it close to the nose so that it does not jump up. Them say calmly and firmly to "Sit". give the dog the treat when it sit

You now what you also should do? The dog is obviously not know what "sit" is going to mean. What you should do is with one hand make a motion. This motion in the future will tell the dog to sit. Then say "sit". It would be a miracle if the dog actually sat, but it is not going to sit. So, with your other hand gently push the dog's back down while saying "sit". Now give the dog a treat. Do this several times. After a while, try it without pushing the dog's back. Now it should sit!

Answer 6

Many people use treats to train their dogs. Hold a treat above the dogs nose and say 'sit' repeatedly. Then, gently push down on the dogs rear end to make him sit, but make sure to hold a hand in front of their chest to make sure they don't lay down. Repeat the word 'sit' until the dog sits. When he/she does, remember to praise him/her happily and give them the treat, then do it again. Once the dog realizes that it will be rewarded for sitting down, he/she will catch on and eventually do it without the treats.

Answer 7

Bulldogs are actually smart dogs. In any dogs you can train them to sit by putting your dog's favorite treat over their heads. Your dog will follow the treat and go backwards. When it bumps into a wall, it can't go any further and sits. Then you say 'sit' and give your dog the treat. After doing it for a couple of days, you would say 'sit' and your dog should obey you. P.S: That's how I trained my dog.

Answer 8

Well, I don't train stay with mine. For me, when I give a command, they hold that command until I give the release word (in my case, free or break). If you want to give a stay command though, have them sit. Once then sit, say "stay" and then immediately feed multiple cookies continuously. Then say your release word and step back. Praise when they stand up. Gradually stop feeding them cookie after cookie as they hold the stay.

Answer 9

Depends... how old is your dog?