Accidents happen, and when they do, your response will affect how quickly your dog learns to "go" outside. If you catch your dog in mid-squat, clap your hands or call their name loudly to distract them. Once you have their attention, quietly and calmly take them outside. Be sure to praise your dog or puppy well when they finish relieving themselves outside properly.

If you find a wet spot or droppings on floor when your dog is not around, simply clean it up. If your dog approaches to investigate what you are doing, ignore them. Don't talk to or pet dog at this moment, because it could be interpreted as praise. Above all else, avoid yelling or physically punishing dog, because they won't make connection between their mess, and your anger.

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8. In next step you should try these steps while standing up. You can try to see if dog reacts only to word "sit" without your hand and treat. If he sits down you obviously should praise him and if he doesn't don't care. You should never show your disappointment to your dog when you are training.

This is pretty easy for puppy. In a day or two you will get him to sit with your "sit" command. Now you can try to make him sit down beside you. This is actually a preparation for heel training. There you want him to sit as soon as you stop walking. If you have thoughts about obedience competitions with your dog you should consider exact position where he sits and also how fast he sits. That is however off topic in this article.

The next level is to strengthen word so you get dog to sit in every situation no matter what's going on around him. This is an ongoing process and you should never stop training. Use every new situation to train him. Make him sit with new people, new dogs and new surroundings.

It's quite easy to train your dog to sit. If you consider not training your dog my advice is, think again. When you start training with your new puppy you get much more than sitting part The puppy loves to do things with you. He learns to listen to his name. He gets used to training and doing things with you and on your initiative. This all together strengthen your position as leader, and puppy feels secure. When puppy falls asleep in evening his last thoughts should be: "This is really a great pack!"