Dog tricks Sit Pretty – The trick 'Sit Pretty' is one of my favorite exercises to teach dogs. It is not only an adorable trick, but it has many benefits that make it a must to train. Teaching 'Sit Pretty' increases your dog's balance and body awareness. It also builds your dogs core muscles which protect the spine from injury during dog sports or playing fetch. 'Sit Pretty' is a trick for healthy dogs. If your dog has pre-existing injuries, consult a physical therapist to inquire if this trick is safe for your specific dog.
Most dogs do not have the muscles to be able to sit pretty without support, and it can take 2 weeks to over a month to build the muscles. To do this you can practice short sessions of 'Sit Pretty' daily until your dog builds up the balance and strength to hold the position.
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Awesome! Selma already knows the trick and it’s her absolute favourite trick to perform. I never did know of the benefits it had though, but that just makes it all the more awesome. I might try and teach Lykke it. 🙂
Exactly the video I needed, thank you. The bonus tricks at the end are ridiculous!
Great video Kiki! I am going to be working on building the muscles for a while, especially since my dog is only 6 months. And then build the behavior up! Thanks for the video!
I love, love your videos. You are such a great trainer. thanks for helping us novices out.
My 1 year old Volpino italiano couldn’t keep his balance so I thought we had to give up on this trick completely. Watching your video was very helpful, now I let him put one of his paws on the hand I hold the treat with and with that little help he finds the perfect balance. One hour training and we master it pretty good, with a daily training and patience, hopefully we can get perfect. Thank you very much!
P.S. Emily–you are a woman after my own heart. I too, have rescue 4 dogs, and they are a somewhat similar assortment to yours: a border collie, and aussie, a terrier mix, and a Havanese/terrier mix. Thanks for all the excellent positive training info!
Wow! You are so amazing! I love how you explain! It actually makes sense the way to explain it! Really, you are an amazing and awesome trainer! 1 million thumbs up! You know so much and are really good at telling us how to train! Also, I love how to give more than one way to train!
Very cute and a great reminder to recheck, retrain and reproof and I love standing behind them for support, that is a great technique to have someone check their bellies that they are okay like when a doc needs to examine them if they are okay. Blessings, the dogs are too cute.
The large number of tips in this video is fantastic. Didn’t realize how much I was missing or doing wrong. Thank-you!
Hi Kikopup, thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
My pup has been checked by a vet and is healthy, yet when I try to do this trick with her she watches my hand and the lure for 20 seconds or so, and then she jumps up and holds on to my arm, even though she doesn’t need to jump to get the treat. She doesn’t take her feet off the ground until she jumps.
I’d really appreciate any tips to mitigate what I am doing wrong if that’s possible!
Great training video! I loved how you broke down into small, easy to teach, steps, very thorough! Also interesting to hear the benefits of this trick; building up the dogs core. Im having fun learning with my 6 month old Mini Aussie.
My first dog was a mixed breed (german shepherd and some kind of sighthound, perhaps whippet, probably other stuff too) and it was very easy to teach her this trick so it never occurred to me that it might be difficult for dogs to do. Then I got my second dog, a (mostly) boston terrier (a little frenchie’s in there too), and I saw when I tried to teach her this that she couldn’t maintain the balance to do it.
I could tell it was because of how she was sitting, she seemed to actually roll back on her bottom instead of resting on her heels like my other dog, but I figured this was just an anatomical issue since she’s so rounded and sausage shaped instead of proper dog shaped, so I just gave up on it. It never occurred to me that I could try to teach her to sit differently.
I feel like shes the only one who actually admits that their dog already knows that trick xD
This helped me train my collie so much easier! I’ve watched multiple videos to teach my dog sit pretty but she always either falls over or doesn’t hold it, she can actually hold the position now which is a great improvement!
Yay!
Hey when you first started would she lift up for literally a split second then fall back down? I’m training my BC and currently at this step
The trainer is so pro that it makes it look so easy.
My puppy is 2 and half months and can already play dead but sit pretty is hard on his muscles. will begin taking baby steps and the suggestion to make them sit properly is very good too. Thanks
You are so precise and acurate in your steps. Thank you!
Thank you! This was very helpful. I’ve been trying to teach my cattle dog pup to “sit pretty” before a “wait” every day while giving him breakfast for weeks/months. It unintentionally evolved from him using my hand to balance during the “paw” or “shake” command. He recently started trying it without support from my hand but slips sometimes on our tile floor. I didn’t realize I could be causing him damage by not providing him more traction first or making sure he’s sitting straight with his feet planted symmetrically.
Update on Ace – I have gotten him involved in playing some of the games https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1_veP7CApJK_GWy_TczaMciuG64PqJeU and I can see a difference in his confidence already! My other dog played along and he became intrigued – now its a daily part of our routine – about 3 times a day we do the shell game and the muffin tin game. I am so grateful for coming upon your training techniques!
Excellent training video for sit pretty. Thank you for breaking it down step by step to help the dog be successful. I am looking forward to seeing my dog sit pretty.