I have two year old brittany. She does everythign very well. She hunts, sits, lays, retrieves, and several more things, but I just can't get her to stay. I have tried everything that I know. Any suggestions?
2006-07-12 03:41:55 · 17 answers · asked by yetti 5 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Brittanys are great and will stay perfectly. Try this.......
Teaching Your dog to stay can be useful in certain circumstances and it also helps to teach Your dog steadiness and patience.
With Your dog in the sit position ask him to stay, hold your hand up with your palm facing Your dog and take two steps backwards. If Your dog stays in position return to him and give him a treat. Repeat this exercise until Your dog is quite happy to stay until you return to him. If he moves out of position make sure you put him back in EXACTLY the same place.
It is vital that you do not call Your dog to you, you MUST return to him. If you call him to you after he has stayed, each time you ask him to stay he will be anticipating you calling him and this will make the stay exercise very difficult for him.
Next time take three steps back and again return to Your dog and give him a treat. As you become more confident move further away from Your dog. Do not move on to the next stage until he is 100% reliable at each point. Eventually I would like you to be able to walk all the way around Your dog at a distance of three or four paces.
The next stage is to do an out of sight stay. Get Your dog to stay and move out of sight for just 2 seconds. Don’t ask too much of him until he is confident that you will come back. There is no need to rush this. The more you are working with him the more he will be getting your full attention and having something else to occupy his mind.
2006-07-12 03:59:39 · answer #1 · answered by souni 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Treats! First, make her sit. Then hold a treat out about 6 inches from her snout. Tell her to stay. If she does this for about 10 seconds, give her the treat. If she doesn't stay and comes after the treat, start again. After doing this for a few times, take a step back with the treat in view. Tell her to stay again. Do this a few times with her staying. Then move another step back. Continue this process until you are about 10 feet away and she is staying. After that try different things to get her attention away from you- say have someone come over and call her name. Tell her to stay. If she stays, give her a treat. Always, remember to be consistent and good luck!
2006-07-12 03:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by cows4me79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teaching your dog to "stay" involves the same positive reinforcement techniques necessary for all training. Be sure your dog understands a "release" command first so she'll know when it's OK to move from the "stay" position.
Steps:
1. Be sure your dog understands a release command, such as "free" or "okay," before teaching this command.
2. Have your dog sit or lie down in front of you. (See Related eHows "Train Your Dog to Sit" and "Train Your Dog to Lie Down.")
3. Place your hand, palm open, in front of your dog's nose and give the command "Stay."
4. Say "Good" at the exact moment your dog exhibits the behavior you want.
5. Give the release command immediately after (within 1 to 2 seconds), followed by treats and unlimited praise.
6. Reward your pet even if she only "stayed" for 1 second; and always offer rewards for even slight indications of understanding.
7. Lengthen the amount of time your pet remains in the stay position very gradually, and slowly move farther away.
8. Remember to give the release command after every successful "stay" as you increase the length of time your dog must remain in the position.
9. Avoid going into another room until your dog fully understands the command.
10. Train in 5-minute sessions.
2006-07-12 03:47:00 · answer #3 · answered by Stick to Pet Rocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Went my dog went to obedience school. The instructor taught her in intervals first a very short distance from the dog put you hand directly in your dog's face and say stay. then walk away, if the dogs obeys give treat and praise. then the instructor did it from lenght of a lease keep adding distance from you and the dog. When the dog it trained inside the house, next you can try it outside so the dog can get use to the distractions
2006-07-12 03:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by loveNromance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell her to sit then stay. have one person hold as you back away from her. the person that is holding her should not hold on to her too tight but just hard enough to keep her still. keep saying good dog to brittany then have the person let go after about 45 seconds. if brittany stays where she is give her a treat. if not keep trying and pretty soon she will get it.
2006-07-12 03:47:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i teached somebody else's dog how to stay. you have to tell the dog to stay in a firm but nice voice to stay. keep on doing that and eventually she'll stay and don't forget to show her what stay means.
2006-07-12 03:52:59 · answer #6 · answered by bre bre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a treat, tell her sit, stay. start to walk away. if she moves, physically sit her down and say stay. walk away again. keep doing this until you can walk a few steps. then say good stay!!! praise her and give her her treat. keep practicing, making her stay longer each time. also try "don't touch" with the treat on the floor. fun and good luck!!
2006-07-12 03:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by Bean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start with short distances and a short amount of time, like 2 feet and a few seconds and keep increasing it. If she learned everything else, she will learn this too.
Good luck.
2006-07-12 03:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by Honey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use the reward system. have someone with you and walk Seton length away from your dog then have the other person walk away and see if she will stay and if she does stay give her a treat if she don't stay she don't get treat.
2006-07-12 04:15:31 · answer #9 · answered by red_neck_linda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND STUPID BUT IT WORKED FOR 2 DOGS THAT I HAVE HAD. THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COMMAND OF STAY SO I CHANGED THE WORD TO WAIT AND IT WORKED. PLUS USING HAND SIGNALS WITH IT HELPED TO GOOD LUCK.
2006-07-12 03:53:44 · answer #10 · answered by momwith2suns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋