How Do You Teach The Cool Dog Trick “Beg”?
Learn how to teach your dog the “Beg” or “Sit-up” dog trick. With your dog sitting in front of you present the target stick slightly above your dog’s head. Click and treat any upward glance or movement toward target stick. Same as step 1 only now you hold the target stick a little higher and wait for your dog to reach up and touch the target stick. Click and treat as soon as your dog touches the stick. Hold the target stick in the same position as step 2 but now you delay the click and treat for a second or two when your dog touches the stick. This extends the amount of time your dog stays in the beg position. Now add your cue word “beg” a fraction of a second before you produce the target stick. This begins to build an association in your dog’s mind between your verbal cue and the act of getting into the beg or sit-up position. It’s now time to fade the target stick and begin to rely more on our verbal cue word “beg”. Do this by taking the target stick in and out quickly and by shorte
