When tralining a puppy to sit, it is important to keep the training sessions short. Arter more than about ten minutes, your puppy will lose interest and the training will be ineffective. First, you need to be prepared for the training session. Some owners prefer to use cllckers $-$ a device made of spring loaded metai that makes a clicking nolse $-$ as a reinforcement training tool, but smali, chewy treats also work well as a reinforcer. Give the puppy a treat so he realizes what is in your hand and that it is something he enjoys. Glve the comrand of $"$ sit" in a frm$,$ calm tone. Then ralse the treat from in front of the puppy to a few inches above his head and silightly more forward towatd him. This will cause the puppy to sit down in order to see the treat. Relterate the command of "sit" and give the treat

Continuously lavsh pratse on your puppy when he completes the task correctily. Positive retinforcement is essential; negative reinforcement such as spanking and yelling only resuit in the puppy learning to fear you and makes him shy away from you. Pupples revel in higher pitches in your voice and dispiays of excitement such as "Yayl" and "Good puppy!" Repeat these steps nve or more times in the ten$-$minute training session, By the conclustion of the training session, your puppy should readily respond to the command "sit" when the treat is in vew. Always terminate your training sesslons on a good note by drawing the session to a close when the puppy has performed the command correctly. Follow these steps each day for five to seven days, and your puppy should be able to sit on command by the end of the week and will be prepared to move on to your next command.

What concluslon can you draw trom this passage?

A$)$ Training is tun and easy for most breeds or dogs.

B$)$ Iraining can be dirficuit unless you use treats:

C$)$ Training is extremely hard and takes a fong time.

D$)$ Training can be easy with planning and pattence.