When training always remember that dogs respond best to positive reinforcement – yelling at your dog and hitting him will not accomplish task, instead use rewards such as treats and your approval – this will make task much more pleasant for both of you!

There is a common “process” to training, no matter what you want dog to do. They key is to get dog to perform action and at that exact moment give command for action, then praise dog and reward him with a treat. After a while, he will catch on and associate action with command.

Here’s some steps you can use to train your dog with most basic command – Sit.

1. The first thing you need to do is to get your puppy or dog to associate act of sitting with command. To do this, simply hang around with your dog and when he sits give “sit” command.

Dogs want your praise, so using positive reinforcement when training your dog or puppy is best approach. Hitting or yelling rarely works, and besides who wants to hit or yell at their dog anyway?

The “down” or “lay down” command is one of basic commands and should be one of first things you teach your dog once he learns to sit on command. It is not hard to train a dog to obey commands and once you have done one command, it gets even easier as process is basically same for each. Here’s some steps you can use to teach your dog to lay down on command:

1. Get dog to sit (you should have already trained him in this command)