Teaching Your Dog to "Stay" the Easy Way

Teaching Your Dog to "Stay" the Easy Way

by Danah Reed

Teaching your dog to stay stationary and not perform any form of action is a difficult task for an animal to understand. Because you are not asking for your dog to actually 'do' something, such as 'sit' and 'lie down', they have to comprehend how to remain still and hold its current position.

The easy steps to teaching your dog to stay

Start by combining 'stay' with another command that your dog already has familiarity with, like the 'sit' action. Once your dog sits, don't immediately rush to praise him, but tell him to 'stay' using the same tone you use for other commands. After holding that position for a few seconds reward your dog with praise and a treat. Before praising your dog use a release word, such as trainers use, which may be 'Okay, good boy/girl!', or 'Good, well done!'

Try to encourage your dog to stay in position with your body language. When first starting out with this new command, make sure you stand close to your dog so he wont feel the urge to follow you and make it easy to stay in the same position without distractions.

If your dog should break the stay, then go through the process of sitting and staying again. A few seconds at the start of training will suffice and then gradually build up the amount of time your dog remains in the stay position. Always reward with praise, and eventually your dog will understand exactly what you expect of him.

Once your dog understand that "stay" means stay, you can start making the exercise a little more complicated by moving away a little bit at a time. - 20511

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