King Louie

"Sit!"

Louie and I have done a bit of work on "sit."

First I praised him a few times when I found him in a sit position on his own. I guess sitting is a natural position for puppies (as they look up at you anxiously) so it's easy to find them in the position and encourage it.

I hand-fed him his dry kibble a couple times, luring him into a sit with each piece, saying "sit" as soon as his tush hit the ground. He learned frighteningly quickly!

Next while playing with him, playing a bit of "chase the toy" I was holding, I held it above his head and said "sit" -- when he sat, I gave him the toy for a bit of chewing/play-killing

He quickly made the leap to sitting on command -- no lure or hand signal necessary!

Funny story: While telling this to my boyfriend on the phone, Louie was napping in his pen. My phone kept cutting out while I was telling my boyfriend what I had taught Louie to do: "You taught him what?" Me: "Sit!" Him: "What?" Me: "Sit!" -- after about three or four times I looked over at Louie and he had gotten up from his nap and was SITting, looking at me like "What do you want?!"