Teaching the dog to stay can one day save the life of the pet. Many accidents happened because of the dog's inclination to follow anywhere the master goes. Most owners find training the dog to stay an overwhelming task. Dogs are energetic and affectionate animals thus staying still would be against their nature. Other obedience commands require the dog to perform a task but the stay command asks the dog to stay put. The energetic dog would naturally disregard the command. Nonetheless, consistent training and positive reinforcement will eventually make the dog respond to the stay command.
Before starting a training session it would be necessary to allow the dog to exercise so that excess energy that will make the dog restless will be expended. Dogs are easily distracted with interesting scents, sounds and sights thus it would be a good idea to choose a location where the training will have the least disruption. Dogs get bored easily because they have short attention spans thus a training session has to be short to be able to capture the attention and the cooperation of the dog.
Training the dog to stay would be easier if the dog already responds to the sit command. Give the dog a sit command and position yourself in front of the dog and putting the palm in front of the dog's face give the stay command in an authoritative voice. This lets the dog understand that you as the leader of the pack is expecting to be obeyed.
A praise or a treat given as soon as the dog obeyed the command will make the dog follow the instruction again. After holding the position for a few seconds expect the dog to break the stay. Dogs are expected to move seconds after the stay command is obeyed thus you have to help the dog return to the stay position. Seconds after the dog has remained in place, give the release command.
Using the same command, repeat this training process as often as you can. Once the dog has steadily obeyed the command, you can make the dog stay in the same position longer and you can also take a few more steps away from the dog. The dog is slowly being trained to hold the stay position. Take the training session to a location where there are distractions. Check out if the dog has really learned the stay command by making the dog hold the stay position longer and by moving away from the dog before giving the release command.
Before starting a training session it would be necessary to allow the dog to exercise so that excess energy that will make the dog restless will be expended. Dogs are easily distracted with interesting scents, sounds and sights thus it would be a good idea to choose a location where the training will have the least disruption. Dogs get bored easily because they have short attention spans thus a training session has to be short to be able to capture the attention and the cooperation of the dog.
Training the dog to stay would be easier if the dog already responds to the sit command. Give the dog a sit command and position yourself in front of the dog and putting the palm in front of the dog's face give the stay command in an authoritative voice. This lets the dog understand that you as the leader of the pack is expecting to be obeyed.
A praise or a treat given as soon as the dog obeyed the command will make the dog follow the instruction again. After holding the position for a few seconds expect the dog to break the stay. Dogs are expected to move seconds after the stay command is obeyed thus you have to help the dog return to the stay position. Seconds after the dog has remained in place, give the release command.
Using the same command, repeat this training process as often as you can. Once the dog has steadily obeyed the command, you can make the dog stay in the same position longer and you can also take a few more steps away from the dog. The dog is slowly being trained to hold the stay position. Take the training session to a location where there are distractions. Check out if the dog has really learned the stay command by making the dog hold the stay position longer and by moving away from the dog before giving the release command.
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