Sit Whistle

[cantona 310]

Should you train a pup to sit to the whistle straight away or give the command sit then introduce the ŵhistle at a later date, thanks for any replies

[farmerkev09 105]

I start off with the dog on the lead at heal walk 10 ft stop blow the whistle and a gentle tug on the lead if he doesn't sit then push his arse to the floor keep doing this but don't do it to much each day, get it perfect before taking off the lead have him sit every time you stop and blow the whistle they catch on quick then let him off in a small area blow the whistle if he doesn't stop go out to him pick him up and place him in the area you blew the whistle keep don't over do it just twice a day will be enough Hope that helped you out Atb

[cantona 310]

Thanks makes sense but do you train sit command prior to this with feeding or straight in to the way you described

[farmerkev09 105]

I personally wouldn't make a dog sit at feeding time as he will associate sitting with food and that's never a good thing

[Blueboybilly 164]

train sit first