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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie I would think "stay" or "wait" would be just fine. They taught us "wait" to mean "stay until I give you the command to come to me." And they taught us "stay" to mean "stay until I come back and get you."
But as classes went on, other instructors said they don't think dogs really understand the distinction between the two commands. Now I just use "stay" for everything. |
I think the instructors are wrong. A dog can very well distinguish the difference between wait and stay. All of my dogs know the difference between the two wether I use just vocal commands or only use hand signals.
I think the down stay is an excellent idea, most dogs tend to do better with a down stay when there are alot of distractions going on, jmho. It's great that you and Bailey are doing so well in puppy class and advancing so soon!!!
