How to train a puppy to sit and shake?

When a fluffy and chubby puppy steps into your home, its innocent eyes and lively demeanor can instantly inject infinite vitality into your life. You are full of expectations, eager to establish a deep emotional bond with this new family member and embark on a warm and long-lasting journey of companionship. In this process, training a puppy to learn basic commands such as "sit" and "shake" is not only the key to cultivating its good behavior habits but also an excellent way to enhance the intimate relationship between you.

Before officially starting the training journey, carefully creating an ideal training environment is a crucial first step. Choose a quiet space with minimal distractions, which can help the puppy focus all its attention on you and avoid being distracted by external factors. At the same time, prepare some delicious snacks that the puppy can't resist, such as the enticingly fragrant freeze-dried chicken, small pieces of creamy cheese, etc. These snacks can be regarded as the "secret weapons" during the training process, which can greatly stimulate the puppy's enthusiasm for learning and participation. In addition, a light and soft leash is also essential. In the initial stage of training, it will assist you in gently guiding the puppy's movements to ensure the smooth progress of the training.

When training the "sit" command, first call the puppy's name in a gentle and affectionate voice to attract its attention and make it focus its eyes on you. After it looks at you, slowly raise the snack in your hand above its head and move it upward in a slow and steady motion. Since the puppy's eyes will involuntarily follow the snack, in order to maintain its balance, its buttocks will naturally sink downward. Just at the moment when its buttocks are about to touch the ground, you should take the opportunity to give the command "sit" in a clear, gentle and firm tone. Immediately after its buttocks are firmly on the ground, give it enthusiastic praise, such as "Baby, you did a great job!", and at the same time, quickly offer the delicious snack as a reward. In the early stage of training, the puppy may need to try several times to fully understand your intention. Don't feel frustrated or discouraged because of this. Every successful sitting is an important sign of the improvement of the tacit understanding between you. Watching the puppy grow from being initially ignorant and at a loss to being a well-behaved partner who can skillfully follow the command to sit, the sense of accomplishment that arises spontaneously will make you feel that all your efforts are worthwhile.

When the puppy has mastered the "sit" action proficiently, you can start the training journey of the "shake" command. Let the puppy maintain the "sit" posture, then extend your right hand and gently touch its left front paw in a gentle and slow motion. At the same time, clearly and distinctly say the command "shake". If the puppy doesn't respond accordingly at first, don't be in a hurry or pull its paw forcefully. Instead, patiently and gently lift its paw and repeat the "shake" command again. The moment its paw makes contact with your hand, immediately give it a generous snack reward and the warmest praise. Throughout the training process, be sure to always pay attention to the gentleness of your actions to avoid making the puppy feel any discomfort or fear. As the number of training sessions increases, the puppy will gradually realize the connection that raising its paw to interact with you can get a reward, and thus successfully learn the skill of "shake". Imagine that when you stretch out your hand in front of your friends, the puppy immediately takes the initiative to raise its little paw to shake hands with you, showing its well-behaved and smart side. The sense of pride and joy is simply indescribable.

During the training process, it is inevitable to encounter various problems. Some puppies may be too lively and excited by nature, making it difficult for them to concentrate during training and being frequently attracted by things around them. At this time, never adopt a coercive or harshly scolding approach, as this will only make the puppy feel scared and confused, and then develop a resistance to training. Instead, you might as well pause the training, play with its favorite toy for a while to help it release excess energy. When its mood gradually calms down and its attention returns to you, continue the training. Some puppies may not be very interested in regular snacks. At this time, you can try changing snacks of different flavors and textures, or appropriately control its food intake before training to increase its desire for snack rewards.

Throughout the training process, patience is undoubtedly the most precious and indispensable quality. Puppies are like innocent children, and learning new skills requires sufficient time and a lot of repeated practice. Don't scold it harshly just because of a few training failures. Doing so will not only seriously hurt its feelings but also make it develop a fear and evasion of training, greatly affecting the training effect. Every success is a progress worth celebrating, and every failure is also a valuable opportunity to accumulate experience. Guide the puppy with full love and endless patience, and it will surely be able to truly feel your care and kindness, and thus cooperate with your training more actively and willingly.

By training the puppy to learn to sit and shake, what you give it is not just two simple skills. Instead, in every interaction and communication, you are gradually building an extremely solid bridge of trust. When it can respond to your commands accurately, look at you with trusting eyes, and wag its tail happily, this is the most affectionate and beautiful feedback it gives you. These seemingly insignificant training processes are actually a precious journey of you and the puppy growing together and accompanying each other, laying the most solid foundation for your long and happy life together in the future. Let's embark on this wonderful training journey with full love and patience and witness the puppy's vigorous growth and gorgeous transformation together.