Training your Boston Terrier has never been easier with this comprehensive step-by-step guide! Whether you’re a first-time dog owner or an experienced pet parent, teaching your pup the stand command is essential.
Not only will it help them obey your commands, but it can also improve their overall demeanor and increase their obedience. Let’s get started!
How To Teach Your Boston Terrier The Stand Command
What is the purpose of teaching your Boston Terrier the stand command?
One of the main purposes of teaching your Boston Terrier the stand command is to help improve their obedience. Additionally, it can also help with their demeanor and overall behavior.
Teaching Them To Stand Step By Step
Step 1: Choose a Quiet Spot
When teaching your Boston Terrier the stand command, it’s important to choose a quiet spot in your home where you won’t be distracted by other activities or noises. This will ensure that all of your pup’s attention is focused on you and the task at hand.
Step 2: Encourage Standing
Once you have chosen an appropriate area for training, it’s time to get started! Start by encouraging your Boston to stand up by gently pushing their chest while their back legs are still standing. If they start to move around too much or try to sit down, simply use gentle pressure on their chest again until they remain standing. You may want to give them verbal cues as well such as “stand” or “up.”
Step 3: Move Around
Now that your Boston is starting to understand what you want them to do, move around while they are still standing and reward them with treats when they stay in place. This will help reinforce the behavior and make sure they know they are doing something right!
After a few minutes of practice, take a break and start again later if needed. This way, you can make sure that your pup is getting plenty of rest between training sessions.
Step 4: Practice Makes Perfect
Continue practicing the stand command by moving around periodically throughout the day when you are not actively training. This will help keep your Boston alert and attentive even when there isn’t an active lesson taking place.
Eventually, with enough practice and patience, your Boston Terrier should be able to perform the stand command without any difficulty!
How long will it take to teach my Boston Terrier the stand command?
It is going to take, on average, 4-7 tries before your Boston is going to pick up on this new command.
These findings come from a poll conducted on the Boston Terrier Society’s Twitter community. With over 60+ Boston Parents responding, the majority state it takes their Boston 4-7 attempts before they learn a new command.
See the poll here…I may have spelled try funny, but the information is all the same 🙂
Final Thoughts…
Teaching your Boston Terrier how to follow commands such as the “stand” command is essential for Boston parents who want their dogs to be obedient and well behaved. With this step-by-step guide and some consistent practice, soon enough you will have taught them this important skill in no time at all! So don’t hesitate – get started today!
If you want to learn more commands and tricks you can teach your Boston Terrier, be sure to visit our article, 49 Commands And Tricks You Can Teach Your Boston!