Training Group

Did you know in order to teach stay correctly and quickly you should always return to the dog?

If you don't come back to the dog you're not actually rewarding the dog for staying. A common mistake I see people making is they will ask their dog to stay and then recall it. That won't help your dog learn as fast!

An example of a good stay exercise is:

In order to boost engagement:

1. hand-feed

2. Play the name game

3. Reward for eye contact

4. Reward for proximity & check ins