Re: [pyrnet] teaching stay

[Dancingpyr@aol.com]

Sorry to be late responding -- been a VERY busy week again.

Anyway -- this was a technique that we were taught to teach a dog to sit/down 
stay.

Give the dog the command to sit or down and stay.  While his attention is 
focused on you, give him a small treat. Keep feeding him small treats until 
you give the release command.  Start out having him sit/down for a short 
period of time, and work up to longer ones.  One suggestion was to practice 
this while, say watching TV, or any other time that you would be at one place 
for a while.  As he gets use to sitting or laying quietly, give less and less 
treats -- substitute verbal praise for the edible type.  This isn't a quick 
solution, but it has worked on Baron and Kes.

Robyn
dancingpyr@aol.com
Taylors, SC