Train My Dog To Stay

Show your dog the stay cue and then take a single step backward.

Train my dog to stay.

Count to five praise. Keep your left hand at your belt buckle and your right hand at your side palm open facing your dog. Once your dog is sitting or lying down then hold your palm towards them and say stay. Count to 30 and pivot back to your dog s right side.

To begin position your dog as you wish in a sit down or stand. Step 2 wait for a few seconds and then when you are sure that they are staying in that position you can reward them. Otherwise your pet will learn that stay doesn t mean anything but stay stay stayyyy means stay. Return to your dog lean down and place a treat on the floor between your dog s outstretched front legs.

Move the food bowl with food it in topped with tasty treats about 4 to 6 inches toward the floor. Why on the floor. But do not say the word stay more than once. Give your stay command without moving count to three and then release your dog using his release word.

When your dog starts to stay in place each time you take a few steps back give it a treat to reinforce the good behavior. If your dog gets up cheerfully say oops and raise the bowl back up and ask her to sit again. Introduce the words stay and free. Bring your right foot and right hand back to their original positions without repeating the stay command.

To train a dog to stay start by having your dog sit then placing your palm in front of its face and saying stay in a firm but happy tone. Increase the time you ask. Note if you are clicker training then you can click the clicker now. This is one of those rare cases in which i will tell you it s ok to start using the verbal commands stay and free from the beginning.

If your dog is thinking about moving or actually tries to move take a step toward your dog with your right foot and with your right hand snap the leash straight up to a point directly above his head. 5 steps to training your dog to stay step 1.