dogsintraining, posts by tag: stay - LiveJournal

Hello again,

Under the cut is a video from Zak George. In case you don't know, he is a dog trainer on Youtube who shares lessons and info on tricks training, frisbee, etc. I like his videos, especially his latest "how to get your dog interested in Frisbee."

In the video under the cut, he teaches "Stay," emphasizing that this is probably the most important command to teach your dog. I have never seen it taught the way he does, and I wanted to get your opinions on it before trying this with my mom's Shiba. BTW, said Shiba is doing better about growling!

( Zak George teaching StayCollapse )

What do you think, DIT? Is this a safe/effective/useful way to teach stay, by emphasizing that the dog may NOT go forward, period? Thanks for your input!

Hello,
So we're in a class for our CGC and he's doing very well with everything except the supervised separation. When I hand him off to the assistant so this portion in class, he sits and waits until I'm out of sight. He's good for maybe 2 seconds, and then he starts jumping and pulling to find me.

The odd thing is he doesn't have separation anxiety. I've read the book "I'll be home soon" and even our trainers have said he doesn't have the anxiety of being separated, that he's just a big "mommas boy". Leaving the house he trots right up to his crate plops down. There's not howling or scratching after we close the door or anything, ever.

This one exercise is the only issue he seems to have. This is aided my the fact that he is a 130 lbs Great Dane puppy (9 months), and he can open doors, knobs & handles, and has an 8' vertical leap.

In class I go around the corner or in to the bathroom, the assistant holds him and as he weighs more than she does one good jump and he's tugged the leash from her and at the door opening it, this is where our trainer acknowledges our paradoxal problem. He gets his way. In his mind "he found me", and being that my presence is the reward he wants, this isn't a problem *I* can fix, as I am the problem!

We're trying to figure out how to work this out and would appreciate any advice. Also although the class trains in flat buckle collars, we've been slowly escalating collars to train this one situation, but even in a halti/gentle leader he still can pull a grown man off his feet.

Thank you in advance!

EDIT: He has a solid sit-stay. The problem is that once I'm out of sight he goes right in to a a leaping jump. The trainer has tried a ton of treats, including cheese, hotdogs, his chicken wrapped apples, and squeeky toys. He doesn't have any interest in them.

Also I would love to work up to a full two seconds. We can't work through one second as it is.