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STAY & WAIT

NOTE: On all commands except for the "stay", "wait" and "NO", you use the dogs name before the command. The theory behind this is when you say the dogs name, you will expect him to move, if you don't use his name he is not to move until you call his name.

STAY

To begin teaching your dog to stay, have him in the sit position beside you. Your leash is in your right hand, you will use your left hand and place it, palm facing the dog, directly in front of your dogs face and at the same time use the command "STAY". (Remember, don't use the dog's name) With your right foot, swing out and face your dog. You want to be as close to him as possible without touching him. If at any time he goes to get up, give a sharp "NO" command and pull back on the leash to get him into the sit position. This only works if the dog is starting to get up or is only partially up. If he manages to get all the way to a stand position, go back to the heel position, re-sit him, and give him the "Stay" command again, then step out in front. At the beginning of this lesson, don't stand in front for too long, as you progress slowly increase the time you are standing in front of him. Once you see he is steady with you in front, you want to begin to step farther away. So when you give the "stay", instead of swinging directly in front, take 2 steps then turn and face your dog. When he's steady on this, then take 3 steps. It is far better to create a steady "stay", then to be too far from him to give a correction in case he were to move. Take you time on this exercise! Once your dog is very steady, vary this exercise. Give him the "stay", leave him to where you are totally at the end of the leash, then walk back to him, circle around him (do not SNEAK around him) and continue walking back to the end of the leash. IF he starts to get up when you approach his side, give him the "NO" command, re-sit him and continue to end of the leash, turn and face him. Another way to vary this is to give him the "stay", leave him, return to him at the heel position, then leave again WITHOUT another "stay" command! You have not released him from the stay, therefore he should not move. This will take a lot of time to get to this point, so be patient. When you are finished working on the stay, release him, with a "GOOD BOY" or whatever word you choose to let him know he's done. Once the dog has learned this exercise, practice it with distractions.

Things to remember:
...Do not use the dogs name on the stay command.
...Step off on your RIGHT foot when leaving the dog.
...Get the "NO" correction in fast if he goes to move.
...Do not go any farther away from your dog until you see he is steady.
...Vary the stay exercise with circling him once in a while.

WAIT

The reason I am mentioning the "wait" command here is just to let you know I use this on my recall exercise. This will be discussed more in detail where I discuss the "Come" command. If I use a "stay" command I want my dog to know he is to STAY until "I" return to him. If I use the "wait" command he learns to watch me and know I will be calling him to me.

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