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Training Your Dog Sit Stay

June 07, 2022 by admin

Sit Stay Exercise For Your Dog:

The Sit Stay exercise is the next lesson after mastering the sit command. This exercise lays a strong foundation for training your dog some advanced skills. When your dog masters the Sit Stay command, you will realize  it is a very handy exercise for your dog.
The Sit Stay exercise is an essential exercise for your dog because it will help you to avoid some unwanted situation. Suppose a guest come to your house and your dog starts to jump up on him which will create an embarrassing situation. The Sit Stay exercise will be very useful to avoid this kind of situation.

Essential things you must know before starting the Sit Stay exercise:

Start the session with a very easy and simple task and slowly increase the level of difficulty as you progress with your dog as follow:

  1. Arrange the dog training sessions in a public place.
  2. Gradually increase the staying time.
  3. Start eating some food around your dog or play with a ball beside your dog when he is in the Stay position. This will prove the strength of your training. Your dog will only be allowed to play with the ball or eat the food when you release him from the command.

Now create a familiar environment and follow these techniques described below.

On Leash Technique:

  • Put a comfortable collar and leash on your dog before starting the Sit Stay exercise.
  • Give the command ‘Sit’ and then gently guide him to stay. Hold the leash and gently pull 90 degree upwards , give a ‘Stay’ command & stand in front of him. You can start with 5 sec then gradually increase the duration to a longer period when your dog has learnt to understand the ‘Stay’ command.
  • Constant repetition is the main key to gain success in the dog training sessions. Make your dog practice these steps over and over and gradually increase the duration while introducing distractions.

Off Leash Technique:

  • Do not try the off leash training on the Sit Stay until your dog is very reliable with the on leash training.
  • Gradually increase the distant with the leash on the Sit Stay & increase the duration to a longer period. You may even wish to get a longer leash from here.

Be patient when training your dog .

If you still encounter problem, you may wish to contact a professional dog trainer

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