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Originally Posted by yli009  So I just sat in on an obedience class today and they worked on the stay command. They used the hand signal as the 2nd poster mentioned, and the trainer said the most important thing is to take it slow and build up the progression of time, distance, and distractions.
For example, you have her sit and do the hand gesture for stay, and then wait one sec before clicking/giving her the treat. Then you increase the time to 2 seconds. And then if you want to do distance, say the command and take one step back but only wait one second since you changed the variable to distance and then slowly adding steps as she is getting it. The trainer also stressed using a key word for when they make mistakes, like OOPS or UH OH so they know they didn't do it right.
Hope that helps. |
This is exactly what I did. Once Uni got the stay from about 10 feet away, i started turning my back to her, or walking around a column and would not release her until I returned. Just little by little up the distance. It's not a hard command. They quickly learn they get a treat for basically sitting there and doing nothing.
