Sit is probably the most common and important dog command, and this is a good place to start when it comes to training your dog to understand hand signals. hold your palm open in front of your chest and move you hand in an upwards motion. 3. lie down. Dog training hand signals from luring a dog behavior: when you teach your furry friend basic obedience commands like sit, down, stand and heel using luring, you hold food in your palm. then you move it around to make your pet do what you want him to do. that palm movement can then be turned into an actual dog training hand signal!. Hand signals are easy to teach, particularly if you use lure-and-reward training. for example, the common hand signal for sit, raising your hand from your side to be parallel with the floor, comes....
