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10-28-2010, 09:31 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA
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| "Stay Command" Any suggestions would be appreciated relating to training our babies to stay on command. They are doing very well with sit, and come. However, I can't seem to get them to understand stay. Any suggestions? |
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10-29-2010, 03:40 AM | #2 |
☺Farrah☺ Donating Member | Do you make them sit and stay before they eat? The hand command for stay is a side ways hand in front of their face. So I have Farrah sit with the hand command and then I say and show her the stay command while I put her food down. If she begins to move I take it away and begin again. If she stays, then I "release" her with the word "okay". I do this every day. Good luck.
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10-29-2010, 06:09 AM | #3 |
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11-03-2010, 07:19 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD
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| 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. |
11-03-2010, 08:10 PM | #5 | |
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11-05-2010, 09:22 AM | #6 |
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| Do all of you use a clicker? I never used a clicker before. It is necessary?
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11-05-2010, 10:53 AM | #7 |
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| What has worked for both Vinnie and Alex is using the word "WAIT" instead of stay. I don't know why, but they have both responded to this word better. What I did to teach them this is put my hand up (like I'm telling someone to stop) and say "WAAAIIITTT." I waited just a second or two and then told them to "COME HERE!!" and gave them treats. I kept repeating this, each time increasing the amount of time between the WAIT and COME HERE command. For some reason, this has been one of the easiest things to teach my guys. I use it a lot when we go somewhere and I have to get them both out of the car. I do a lot of saying "WAIT" while I get their leashes on. They have learned that we don't go until both have complied. I have also found that doing this in natural settings where you actually need it (i.e., when getting out of the car or leaving the house for a walk or coming to the end of a sidewalk) the best way to learn it.
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11-07-2010, 12:33 AM | #8 |
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| We tried the clicker, but our dogs ran from it, they thought it was entirely too loud for them. If I click it, they bolt. Others might have done well with it, but ours just freak out.
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11-07-2010, 06:39 AM | #9 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I have come to LOVE clicker training, but no it's necessary. I found it to make Jackson learn things 20x faster. Tricks that would maybe have taken him 2 weeks to learn and fully understand withOUT the clicker now take him sometimes 1 day - 3 days to learn with the clicker. He doubled his trick repertoire within two months of using the clicker. Meaning after 1 year of training since 9 weeks old, he knew maybe 15 tricks or so and by the time he was 1.5yrs old he knew 30 tricks. It's just a clear consistant way of getting through to the dog at the EXACT moment they do something right. Human voice is just not as clear or consistent. But you only use the clicker as an initial training tool to learn something new. Once your dog knows it, a clicker is no longer necessary. A lot of people, including myself sometimes, use the marker word 'Yes!'
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