[Ed]

I would use yes to reward and release a sit, down, stand, and to reward any tricks. I would use free to let him out into the yard, to release him from a place command, to release him from the crate, to release him from a platform where we had been training, to release him at the end of the training session, to release him from an invisible boundary, etc. The yes comes with a mental image of a cookie (reward). The free tells the dog he is done and he is free to do and go as he pleases. When in doubt I would go for yes.

[Fiona]

Good advice, thanks

[Carol]

Is there a video on Wait? dog stays in sit until you call her to you.

[Gene]

The video is Sit, Stay, Relax also Door Darting with Mya and Goofy waiting at the doorway not allowed to cross the threshold until released.

[Rod]

Unclear about a situation: Say I am placing the dog into a sit, and have to move to across the ring for a recall, in a test. What is the sequence to recall the dog?

[Gene]

I am not clear on what you mean by “the sequence to recall” the dog.

[Rod]

In the CGC test with AKC, there is an exercise of stay the recall. Robert never teaches this and was wondering how I could perform this task, I feel I have made a mistake in my training to recall out of a stay or down or sit.

[Gene]

So there are two tests where the dog must hold his position, #’s6 & 7. In 6 you put the dog in a sit or down which ever you prefer. The dog must sit and down on command He is on a 20ft line. The evaluator will tell the handler to tell the dog to stay then walks forward to the end of the line then turns and returns to the dog. The dog must hold the position until released. In #7 the dog is in a “stay”. The handler will walk about ten feet from the dog and then and turn and face the dog and then call the dog. I’m summarizing here but this is what the dog and the handler must do. So just emphasize the stay and recall before you go for the test. Good Luck.