How To Train Your Dog To Sit And Stay

 How To Train Your Dog To Sit And Stay

1. Basic obedience

Before you can tell your dog to stay seated, it is clear that he must be able to use the command "sit". This lesson is a basic dog training lesson and should be followed by every dog.

2. The first steps

With the command "stay" you have to go literally step by step. Let your dog sit down. Then stand in front of him. Raise one hand, palm the palm of your hand towards your Wauzi, and clearly say "stay" (or any other command you want to use for the practice, but it should always be the same).

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Now take a small step backward, away from your dog. Stay facing him frontally and keep your hand up and stretched towards him. If he wants to go after you, tilt your weight slightly towards him, wait until he is relaxed again, and say "Stay" again.

3. Rapprochement

Immediately after taking the one step back, take one step forward towards your dog so that you are back in the starting position. If your dog has been sitting down well, put your hand down, and praise him.

4. Praise wisely

It is important that when you return to the dog you do not burst into pure joy straight away, but rather calmly (praise it extensively) With too much joy you bring restlessness into the exercise and also run the risk of tempting your dog to jump out of the seat without your prompting. 

The danger of this is particularly great with young, impetuous dogs. In addition, you risk proving the "sit and stay" exercise so positive that you make it unnecessarily difficult for your dog to wait calmly and serenely, as the anticipation of your praise drives the proverbial bumblebees up the ass. Quiet praise, which of course doesn't have to be less loving, is the better choice here.

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5. At a greater distance

If your dog stays calm, you can slowly increase the distance. Then don't just take one step away from him, take two, then three, etc. Only increase the number of steps if your dog is really calmly waiting. If you want too much too quickly, you risk your previous training success.

6. Behind your back

If you can take several steps away from your tail wag and it remains sitting well, you should move on to the next step. Do not move away from your dog facing the front, but turn your back towards him. You will see that this makes a huge difference again. A dog that feels unobserved acts completely differently than when you let your eyes rest on him.

Again, start slowly and with literally small steps: take a step away, turn back and walk back to the dog. If that works well, gradually increase the distance as described above. If, after a few weeks of training, your dog remains sitting and waiting when you are twenty or thirty meters away from him without looking at him, then you have done everything right.

7. Extra lesson for professionals

If even point 6 works absolutely reliably for you, modify the exercise once so that you do not move away in the direction of your dog's gaze, but also once in the other direction, i.e. behind his back. This is actually the supreme discipline, as most of the dogs here tend to look after their owners. 

If the head does not reach far enough, many animals will sit around briefly in order to be able to better watch their masters or mistresses. Strictly speaking, that shouldn't happen. You should therefore also do this exercise in very small steps and give your dog a chance to slowly learn the behavior that you want him to do.

8. Consistency brings security

Consistency and clarity in training not only make life much easier for you, but also for your dog. You should therefore insist that your dog remain seated until you have given him a free command (e.g. "Run!") Or another command after your return. Let your dog decide for himself when to get up after the actually well-executed lesson, you risk unnecessary dangers.

You want z. B. not that you go ahead to see whether it is free, come back to your dog, who then runs into the lane without command. Consistency is the be-all and end-all and the key to more security.