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How to train border collie to stand

In the days with border collie, their intelligence and liveliness can always bring us endless joy. As the "wisdom responsibility" of dogs, border collie has super learning ability and keen insight,

In the days with border collie, their intelligence and liveliness can always bring us endless joy. As the "wisdom responsibility" of dogs, border collie has super learning ability and keen insight, which also makes training them a challenging and interesting thing. When seeing the border collie standing up and interacting with us, I believe that every host will be filled with a sense of achievement. So, how should we train border collie to stand? Let's walk into this journey of intelligent interaction with border collie.

Adequate preparation before training

Establish close trust relationship: border collie's trust in the master is the cornerstone of successful training. Before the formal training, spend time interacting with border collie to enhance mutual feelings. Border collie can feel your love and kindness through touching, playing, and soft voice communication. When the border collie is willing to take the initiative to approach you and relax around you, it means that he has trusted you. For example, play Frisbee with border collie after work every day. During the play, you can feel its dependence and love on you.

Prepare appropriate rewards: border collie have a strong desire for food, and delicious snacks are the most effective rewards for training. Choose the snacks that border collie like, such as chicken jerky, cheese, beef, etc., and cut them into small pieces for quick rewards during training. These snacks can not only stimulate the enthusiasm of border collie, but also make them connect training with pleasant experience, and are more willing to cooperate with training.

Gradual basic training

Guide standing movements: Find a quiet and undisturbed training area, such as a living room or yard at home. Let the border collie sit in a relaxed posture first, then place a snack in front of his nose, slowly move up, and guide the border collie to raise his head. Due to the change of the body's center of gravity, border collie may unconsciously support his body with his hind legs and make standing movements. At the moment it stands up, immediately give the command to "stand up" and reward it with snacks and enthusiastic praise, such as "baby, you're amazing", while gently stroking its head to make it understand that this action can win your love and food.

Consolidate standing posture: after the border collie has learned to stand initially, it is necessary to gradually extend its standing time. At the beginning, the border collie may only stand for a few seconds. As the training goes on, it slowly increases to 10 seconds, 20 seconds, or even longer. During the process of extending the time, constantly use snacks and praise to encourage it and keep it in a standing position. You can slowly walk around it while it is standing, distract its attention, and observe its reaction to ensure that it can stand steadily.

Gradual Advanced Training

Increase the difficulty of instructions: when the border collie can skillfully follow the "standing" instructions and maintain the standing posture, he can try to add some changes. For example, after issuing the "stand" command, wait for a few seconds before guiding it to stand, gradually extending its waiting time for the command and strengthening its understanding and execution ability of the command. You can also give instructions at different locations and at different times, so that the border collie can adapt to training in various scenes.

Combine with other movements: in order to make the training of border collie more interesting and challenging, you can combine standing movements with other movements. For example, let the border collie sit down first, and then issue the "stand" command. After it stands, issue the "turn" command, and let it complete a series of actions. Through such training, not only can border collie improve their responsiveness and coordination ability, but also enhance their tacit understanding with their masters.

Key points in training

Keep patience and gentleness: It takes time and patience to train a border collie. Each border collie has different learning ability and speed. Don't be worried or angry because the border collie doesn't master the action for a while. Communicate with it in a gentle tone and attitude, giving it enough encouragement and support. If the border collie shows fatigue or boredom, he should stop training in time, let him rest for a while, and avoid forcing him to train, so as not to make him resist training.

Moderate training: The duration of each training session should not be too long, usually around 10-15 minutes. Border collie has a limited time to concentrate. Long time training will make him feel tired and bored, which will affect the training effect. Training can be divided into multiple sessions, 2-3 times a day, to maintain the coherence and fun of the training.

Continuous consolidation and strengthening: even if the border collie has learned to stand, he cannot stop training. Regularly conduct consolidation training to strengthen its memory and response to instructions. In daily life, you can stand up and interact with the border collie at any time, making this skill a part of his life. For example, every time you go home, let the border collie stand up first, and then give it a hug and praise, so that it can feel your love and recognition.

Training border collie to stand is a journey full of love and joy. In this process, we have grown up together with border collie and witnessed its progress. Every time border collie successfully stood, it was the result of our efforts, and also the witness of our deep feelings with him. Let us use patience and love to start a journey of intelligent interaction with border collie, so that these smart and lovely children can learn and grow happily with our company, and create more beautiful memories together.

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