This is the way we were taught when we went through obedience training with our bloodhound. Its easier if you have two people. Put the dog on a leash, have one person doing the holding the other doing the commands. The person holding the dog should be a little behind the dog so the dog doesn't focus their attention on this person rather than the person doing the commands. The command person tells the dogs to sit then tells it to stay (I also use hand motions, in this case a open hand like stop right in front of the dog's nose). That person can then slowly back up a little and if the dog starts to get up the person with the leash puts a little tension on the leash to hold the dogs still and if needed puts the dog back into the sit position(always in the exact same spot). Slowly you will be able to go further away.
If you are alone in the beginning just stay close enough so that you can hold the leash in a way to control the dog. If the dog gets up just kind of lean over and pull the leash a bit so that its pulling from behind to get the dog back into sit.
They said it waas very important that if the dog ever got up to put them back in the same spot otherwise the dog hasn't stayed it has been able to move.
Hope this can help.
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