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Social skills aren't just for humans!
 One of the most important lessons your puppy or dog should learn is that he/she must sit before interacting with you or any other human. You can easily teach a puppy or even a mature dog to sit. Dogs learn at any age, as long as lessons are repeated often enough and teaching sessions are short and fun.
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Step 1
- To begin, take a very special food treat, like a small piece of cheese, and hold it between the two fingers of a hand.
- Place this hand close to the front of your pet's nose.
Step 2
- Raise the hand above his/her nose and then backwards. Your pet's head will move to follow the treat.
- Eventually, your dog will sit, because it will be more comfortable.
Step 3
- As soon as this is done, say "sit" and give your pet a treat. As a dog always connects what they are doing with what you are doing at the same time, they'll associate the action of sitting with the word "sit" and a reward
- at this stage, the food treat.
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