Dog Health Questions: Dog Training for a 3-legged dog?

Hey everyone! I have a puppy(we call her a puppy even though she's not) that has three legs. She is really smart, but she just can't learn a trick. I tried to teach her how to sit, by taking a treat and holding behind her head so she will have to sit down to see it, but she just backs up. She finds loopholes for every trick I teach her. Is there any trick out there that will work? P.S She doesn't have a tail either.

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You may have to just physically show her the trick first. Instead of holding the treat over her head, try pushing her gently down into a sit when you say "sit" and work from there.

The fact that she's missing a leg has nothing to do with her brainpower.

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• Patience is what you need. Do not allow your dog to get the treat until she sits exactly the way you want her to. If you give in, you are telling her that she can do whatever she wants and still get the treat. Try placing your hand at the base of her tail, say sit calmly but firmly, then push her into the sit position while moving the treat as you are currently doing.
  
  You really do need to master the sit command. This is one of the few commands that every dog NEEDS to know, and responds immediately to.


• Well like the person above me said. But you have to have patience with her. By physically putting her in that position, not hard though, and saying the command once, and i mean exactly once you've got her in that postion and give a small piece of the treat. Because you're doing this a few times you don't want her getting full on treats. Once you do this a few times she might start catching on.