Stop Command - Help! 1 Attachment(s) How do I begin to teach the stop command. Whenever Gizmo has something he isn't supposed to he takes off running around the tables and I can't get him. The other morning he got out and thank goodness he is still afraid of the stairs or it would have taken me EVEN longer to catch him. Here's a pic of him looking at the stairs deciding what he is going to do. And of course, as soon as I went to get him he was off and running! |
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I will be keeping up with this post to see what kind of help you get and try to use it on Sophie too. Good Luck! :) |
Thanks deedeebear, I'm sure someone will come through for us! |
One of the first commands should be a "No" command, it will play into everything you do with your dog/puppy There are several training methods so I would recommend finding a local club that has puppy/dog training. Now the Biggie, never chase a dog being bad, this means never allow a situation that could allow this! When training never go off lead till you are 100% guaranteed you have total off lead control, such as a "Come", "Stay" and "Place" commands. |
A stop command is so important! I worked on stay and stop with Jackson quite a bit. I wouldn't say he's 100% yet with stop, but he's really good at stay, and won't door dash. Here he was last week, demonstrating, then my camera died lol. But you can see him staying in an open door with farm fields etc outside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoxF4NNuf0 The best way IMO is to start with a barrier of sorts. Be inside, low distractions, maybe use a broomstick or something similar? Teach the dog to 'stop' behind that stick/barrier, while you take one step forward. When he doesn't move, click (or say 'yes' whatever you use) and treat. Gradually increase the distance where you continue to walk ahead, and the dog stays behind the barrier. Begin adding a cue word, aka 'Stop'. Once you see the dog has the hang of this, you can attempt to remove the barrier, and use the word 'stop' when you want them to stop. You can use a hand signal as well. If they get confused, go back a step. You can also work on Drop It, Leave It, etc. |
I just held out my hand in the traditional stop position and said "Stop!" in a firm but upbeat voice and Tibbe, in shock, stopped in place. I then locked eyes with him, kept my hand up and walked to him and treated him, said "Release" is a very squeaky, upbeat voice and started clapping my hands as I was telling him "Good boy" and bending down and petting him as he jumped around and celebrated getting his treat and getting his praises. I kept repeating that training 3-5 times per 5 minute session x2 or so daily, waiting until he was running across the room or coming to me and giving the "Stop!" command, locking eyes, and keeping my hand up until I got to him and told him "Release". If he started to move out of his stop position, I would repeat "Stop!" but if he still tried to move, I would bring both hands out to the side, say "Stay" while looking right at him and he would remain still. Once I got to him and said "Release" and treated him, he could move out as I praised and petted him. As he already knew the command "Stay", it worked well a couple of times to keep him in place as I walked toward him and stayed right in place until I got to him. He stopped and stayed at first because it was a fun game to him but now, he just does it out of habit. He's just learned to do what I ask of him or give him a hand sign to do. Once he got the command down in the house and did it 100% of the time, we moved the training outside, where it was a bit harder but I upped his treat to a more valuable one he liked better and he was quick to "Stop" and wait in place and has done it in some critical situations when he was possibly in the act of running off the property but stopped and waited on command. Now, he's been separately trained not to leave his property and will "Stop" and then come to me on command outside in all manner of circumstances, even with a stranger, another dog out front with him or a cat or squirrel. I like the idea of using the stick/barrier method Britster used for training "Stop" as well! She has trained Jackson to do all sorts of tricks!!! |
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