You simply need to find the right motivation.
Training a stubborn dog to sit.
When bad habits refuse to budge pet owners can wind up feeling frustrated exhausted and defeated.
Emily offers treats but to no avail.
So emily knows that the dog understands the word sit.
Thankfully there is still hope.
But when emily s friend jim comes around buddy won t sit at all.
While training a dog to sit is usually straightforward it can be somewhat harder if he s particularly stubborn.
My dog is so stubborn he knows better he s just hard headed usually the owner who says these words is frustrated with his dog because the dog s not listening.
He does this over and again.
He just jumps all over jim.
Dogs are often perceived as stubborn because their owners don t provide them with clear instructions.
Say his name and tell him to sit in a loud cheerful voice.
As a dog trainer i hear expressions like my dog is stubborn or my dog refuses to listen to me on a weekly basis.
I empathize with dog parents frustrations while also empathizing.
Emily tells her dog buddy to sit.
Buddy is just so stubborn.
To train the dog to sit for example stand in front of the dog.
And she give him great rewards for sitting too.
In my 15 years of training i ve not yet run into a stubborn or hard headed dog.