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Teaching stay under distractions
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Teaching stay under distractions
I’ve just watched the lesson on stay under distractions. I’m just wondering why the obedience command is used (down, sit, stand) to keep the dog in a stay rather than the stay command itself? If taught this way does this mean that any time you ask your dog to go down, sit or stand then they should not break this position until told ok? If so what is the purpose of the stay command? Thanks!
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Yes, the stay is implied. This eliminates the need for a second command of “stay”. Another advantage to this is that if they break their position, they are only breaking 1 command and not 2.
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Thanks for clearing that up, makes sense!
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Hi Ellie. Great question – Yes – “stay is implied” this helps immensely as Bethmw indicates as once in position, the dog is to hold the position until released. I would add that you then need a “release” command that lets the dog know it’s now dog’s choice time. I universally use “FREE” as the command to let my protection K9 know that he is released from any command. ie: When on a walk and in position – he holds the positioning until “Free” at which point he is free to wander – though maintain some attention to the handler. Another added benefit of the implied stay is that lets say you find yourself in a chaotic situation, you can put your dog in a down/platz and know he will hold it until released.
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