How To Teach Your Dog to ‘Stay’

How To Teach Your Dog to ‘Stay’

by Joshua Kensington

Teaching your dog how to ’stay’ may be one of the most useful and important commands you will ever teach them. Teaching your dog how to ’stay’ can keep them out of trouble and safe from danger. Follow the steps below as a guide to teach your beloved dog how to ’stay’ on command.

Steps To Teaching Your Dog How To Stay:

1. Starting indoors, attach a short leash to your dog.

2. Tell your dog to sit and praise her with a treat.

3. Now, facing your dog, take a step back, say her name followed by ’stay’.

4. If she stays, praise her with a treat, if she moves give her no praise and no treat. Just take her back to her starting location and try again.

5. Repeat step 4, until she successfully stays.

6. With each success, increase the number of steps you take back. For example, after your dog successfully stays after you take 1 step back, start over, but the next time take 2 steps back.

7. Continue this until you reach 5 - 8 steps back, now remove her leash and start again with 1 step back.

8. Continue these steps again without the leash.

9. Once you reach 5-8 steps back without the leash, next take her outside into a fenced area and continue the training, again starting with 1 step back.

10. Continue these steps until she masters the command.

11. The final step to the training is to increase the time between her successful action and giving her a treat. For example, initially, you want to praise her and give her a treat immediately upon her successfully ’staying’. However, you want to slowly fade the treat and praise out of the command altogether. This way, she will learn to listen even when you don’t have treats ready in hand.

12. That’s it!

About the Author

Joshua Kensington is the author of the popular book, ‘Dog Breeding For Profit: A Step-by-Step Beginners Guide To Dog Breeding’. He is also a regular contributor to the site, Alldogsallthetime.com

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September 16, 2008 · Filed under Puppy Training, Uncategorized

Top 8 Puppy Training Must Do’s

Here are the top 8 puppy training must do’s for any new puppy.

1. Find and consult a veterinarian

Have your veterinarian do a complete health check up of your new puppy. He/she will also discuss and assist you with a healthy diet plan, vaccination plan, and basic puppy training.

2. Read a book on puppy training.

Get yourself a book on puppy training. Any good puppy training book will do. However, if you’re lost we do have a recommended book at the book of this post.

3. Get an ID tag for your new puppy.

Ask your veterinarian where you can get a new ID tag for your puppy. These are a must for any new puppy, as they like to explore the world around them.

4. House Training.

Start potty training early. Your vet and/or puppy training book should cover some steps to help you with house training your new puppy.

5. Crate/den training.

Start crate/den training early for your new puppy. They need their own ‘room/space’ just like we all do.

6. Enroll your new puppy in puppy classes.

Ask your vet for a reference of professional, certified training courses in your area.

7. Play with your puppy.

Your puppy needs a lot of attention. Provide a fun, safe, and stimulating environment.

8. Bonding

You need to spend as much time as you can with your puppy to help build that special bond that a master and his dog can only have. Play with them, exercise with them. Feeding, grooming, being affectionate are all great ways to spend time with your new puppy.

Recommended books:
  How To Potty Train Your Puppy In 7 Days

  How To Housebreak Your Puppy In as Little as 7 Days!

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July 26, 2008 · Filed under Puppy Training

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