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Originally Posted by purplg8r  At what age should you start teaching your puppy to sit? My puppy is 4 months old and I've had her for 2 weeks. I've been starting to teach her to sit, but she gets so excited when she knows I have a treat in my hand that she jumps up to my hand to get it (or searches in my lap for it). Any tricks? |
Now is a great time to be training. Try teaching only from the standing position and keep your hand higher, palm upward. Maybe try working on "stay," and slowly build time that she remains sitting. Reward only when she has done it correctly, otherwise you are rewarding for jumping up to your hand.