Teach Dog Stay


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Teach Your Dog To Stay

The best effective dog training techniques and systems all use one simple principle, that is positive reinforcement.

If you want to teach your dog to sit and stay when told to, then you need to understand how to apply positive reinforcement in your training methods for the most effective and quickest results.

First of all, make sure that your dog understands a “release” command first so they know when it’s OK to move from the “stay” position.

This release command can be whatever you wish, but it’s got to be something that you’ve used consistently with your dog so they will recognize it.

Now follow the steps below and you will soon teach your dog to stay:

Now, have your dog sit or lie down in front of you and place your hand, palm open, in front of your dog’s nose and give the command “Stay.”

Next say something like “good boy or good girl” at the exact moment that your dog shows the behavior you want, in this case sitting still and staying there.

Now give the release command immediately after (within a couple of seconds), followed by treats and lots of praise.

It doesn’t matter at this stage how long your dog stays there for, you should always reward even the smallest results, even if they only stay for a second or two.

From here, you can lengthen the amount of time your dog remains in the stay position very gradually, and slowly move farther away. They will soon learn what sort of actions result in rewards and they will learn to follow your commands in order to get the treat, now and in the future.

Eventually, your dog will instinctively follow commands without wanting or expecting the treat, and at which point you’ve developed another discipline into your dog’s behavior which will allow you to take better control in all situations, both for safety benefits and for overall control.

To be most effective use this simple technique in 5 minute sessions and also make sure you repeat the process once a day.

Congratulations, you are well on your way to teaching your dog to stay!

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