Jackson is trained to stay when doors are open. I can't say I purposely trained it, to be honest, I did not work on it much. I would always just place my hand out and say "stay" when the door was open, and always had ME go out of doors first, so I think he eventually just naturally assumed open doors didn't mean ... WHEEE freedom!
But every now and then, I do reinforce the behavior and give him a treat for listening. I will go stand outside and leave the door wide open and tell him to "stay" and come back in and give him a treat. For security purposes, you could tie them with a leash, etc, but still practice it. For Jackson, I don't worry about it at this point. But of course keep doors closed when I can. |