I am doing everything I can to get my dog to sit. I say "Sit! Sit,sit you crazy dog, sit! Just humor me this one time and put your rear on the ground! This isn’t funny anymore, now I am getting mad, SIT SIT SIT!" It’s just not happening....
So how was that for you? You have run head long into a big difference in the way humans communicate and the way dogs communicate. We have words, languages, punctuation, antonyms, synonyms, slang, accents, and other ways we verbally communicate. Multiple people can look at the same thing and describe it using different words and we all can understand exactly what that thing might look like.
Our dog does not have the multiple communication choices that we have. He does not have a dictionary where the same word might have multiple meanings and a list of other words that mean the same thing. All he has are the sounds and tones that come out of his mouth. We might call it whining, growling, or barking. Those are all the tools that he has when he wants to verbally communicate to other animals.
In order to verbally communicate with our dog, we first have to understand that words are simply sounds to him. If we want him to understand those sounds, they must be unique, with only one meaning. For us, this could be equivalent an emergency vehicles siren. We hear that siren and we know that there is an emergency vehicle nearby. We look for the vehicle, pull over, and let it by. The unique sound of the siren invokes a unique response from us.
That is how our dog verbally communicates. If we want to have our dog sit, we must have a unique sound that whenever he hears it, he always sits. Most people use "Sit". And, by the way, "Sit, sit, sit, sit" is a different sound than “sit”.
So remember, you must use unique sounds with your dog to have him understand you. For more information, please contact The Best Dog Trainers in South Florida.
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