How do I get my 6 month old Neapolitan mastiff to sit and come when i call him?

Answer 1

The Basics
SIT, COME, DOWN, STAY, HEEL.

SIT
Holding a treat in your left hand just above the pup's nose, gently rest your right hand on pup's rump.
Slowly move the treat in an upward motion while applying gentle pressure to the rump. ( you dont want to push hard because if you do the dog will sit every time someone touches him and this is not good for competitive obedience)
as soon as pup sits say in a very happy excited tone "GOOD SIT" and give the treat.
Repeat excersize 7x. then take a play break and move on to something elce.
very young pups should not train for more than a half hour each day
every time you put food bowl down or give a treat give the sit command, and wait for the sit. then once pup sits give treat or food down.
DO NOT move on to something new until pup has the new command down pat.

COME
walk away from pup about 10 feet to start. say pup's name and "COME" in a happy voice. once pup comes praise it lavishly have a bit of a play and give it a treat.
Gradually increase the distance you walk away. and eventually once pup knows command only treat every 3rd come. tappering off until he comes every time with out treat using only praise.
this will take a few days to learn if you practice every day.

DOWN
Start with pup in sit. move hand with the treat between the pup's front paws on the ground.
Say "DOWN" in firm but not loud voice.
pup might try and get treat without going down, dont let him have it until he downs.
praise in happy voice "GOOD DOWN"
repeat 7x

STAY
Start pup in down possition. say "STAY" in firm voice. walk to end of leash, backwards. if the pup moves say once only "AP" in a not pleased tone. go back do not say anything. put pup in down again repeat "STAY" walk backwards to end of leash.
pup does NOT get praise or treat untill he stays for 30 seconds, then a minute, then 5 minutes. move times up each week.
after he can do a 5 minute down/stay every time. move on to a sit/stay doing exactly what you did for down/stay.
Once on leash sit and down/stays are reliable for 5 minutes each. drop the leash and walk away from your pup, your back to the pup. about 10 feet away. wait 5 min. recall your dog. with dog sitting in front of you once he reaches you. treat and praise.

HEEL
Please do NOT train with a choke collar. i recomend martin gayles.
with dog on a short leash exactly beside you on your left side say "HEEL" if the dog starts to pull give a correction snap with leash on collar. and recomand "HEEL" the second your dog complies peaise with "GOOD HEEL" in happy voice. and continue to walk , correct, and praise for 30 minutes.

Always end training sessions on a positive note. Never get angry with your pup for not responding to a command. Praise lavishly every time pup responds to a command.
NEVER hit your dog. NO reason is an acceptable reason for physicaly abusing your pup.
Group obedience classes will help with socialization and a good instructor will be able to help with training your dog.

Answer 2

Hold a treat in your hand and make a hand single so that he will know when you want him to sit. keep add it with him for a few weeks or so then lose the treat. put him on a long leash then go as far as the least can go then show him the treat and tell him to come here that will take a few weeks or months.

Answer 3

Hah, my Eng. Mastiff was a stubborn little fellow. I loved the book, "Puppies for Dummies". All the lessons are so easy and affective. See Sidney on mastiffs360.com. email me a pic of your baby and I will put him on the site. It is new. [e-mail] Also there is a link to an excellent training site too.

Answer 4

train him. tell him to sit. when he doesn't push his butt until it hits the floor. when it does give him a treat. repeat. pretty soon he will realize that when he sits he gets treats. it also helps to have a hand signal. for come you might need a friend to help. tell him to come. if he comes give him a treat. if he doesn't have your friend pull him to you. when he comes give him the treat, hugs, kisses, and praise. again hand signal. it helps if your dog goes deaf. you can train him with the hand signal and not only will it work with your voice, but with the hand sign as well. it is very important to give A LOT of praise. if you just say bad dog, he will not know what you want him to do right. you need to correct without scolding, and no matter how many times it takes when he finally does what you want, praise him.

Answer 5

By first attending a good obedience class with your dog. They will teach you about dog behavior and how to properly teach your dog commands. It will also help socialize your dog. One of the most common mistakes that new dog owner make is to mistakenly reward a dog for bad behavior. Such as when the dog appears frightened at something they pick it up and tell it that everything is OK. Picking a dog up is a reward and of course telling it OK is a reward. They just taught the dog that it is OK to be afraid. So attend obedience class and learn how to teach your dog, correctly.

Answer 6

sonia" I dont have self assurance in beating an animal"... no person on right here does. That mentioned, with a Mastiff notably, you shouldn't hire harsh coaching techniques..... itll get you injury whilst attempting it with an person mastiff... they are one breed that reallllly doesnt do properly getting hit. My boerboel (south african mastiff) replaced into additionally like your neo for the duration of his adolscence.... so habitual replaced and coaching replaced into revved up. First, I "fixed him" to no longer say I humped, yet i could stand over my dogs, it truly works, have confidence me. I then employed the attention touch staring contest. look him interior the eyes and keep targeted on his face, he will look down, look away, and so on. .and then look back, continually youre targeted on his eyes.... This exhibits them you are the alpha and are staring them all the way down to tutor dominance (form of like once you have been in school taking a try, youd look up and the instructor could be staring proper at you.... then youd look down back right now. It replaced into kinda intimidating wasnt it? comparable element right here!) Then feeding, palms in his dish... feed him at waist point with thedish on your palms, turn away each 5-10 seconds to tutor him you grant the foodstuff and he will have some greater once you assert its okay to accomplish that... Lead walking, continually go out and enter doorways first, continually a quick lead with a good heal command. Use a prong collar if mandatory (the neo's skin is tough and replaced into meant for battling, he can take a prong collar greater proper than maximum breeds accessible, it truly is not any longer merciless if performed properly in my opinion and works wonders for administration of extensive molosser breeds!) And ultimately, on an identical time as I did say a mastiff doesnt respond properly to being hit, they do respond to being "ruled" properly. If puppy circles back, or growls and gets on the settee, or something unfavorable which you notice as aggression, you're taking him via his collar, turn him on his backside and simulate a neck pinch "chew".. and strengthen "NO" "undesirable" or regardless of the command would be.... itll take a number of those "pinnings" yet he will understand you're to no longer be messed with, and he will improve out of it. think of of your dogs proper now as a 13yo boy... you recognize how loopy, hormonally charged, defiant of authority, testing of obstacles and regulations, and so on... that a 13yo boy is... So wait and see, he will improve right into a huge loveable drooly droopy skinned lug! lol