Teach Your Dog the "Stay" Command

There are many different methods you can use to teach your dog the stay command, and most of them work quite well. Here is one method you can try at home.

Have your dog walk along with you on a leash or at "heel" and then have him sit. Then say "stay" and use your choice of hand signals, something like holding your hand up like you are saying "stop." Then take a few steps away. If your dog stays in place, reward him. If he gets up tell him "no" and start over.

Repeaet this inside the house without other distractions until you feel that your dog has a good understanding of the command. He may not be doing it perfectly yet, but at this point, to your knowledge, he does know what it means.

Now, try for longer and longer periods of time, and even go into another room out of sight. Once your dog is performing the stay pretty well inside the house, go ahead and try it outside.

Be aware that once you go outside of the house you will be dealing with even more distractions so you might have to begin your trainng all over again. Don't worry though, it will go a lot faster the second time!

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