Ausshole Academy

TRAINING POST

THE STAY

The stay is relatively easy to train, because you have already worked on Distance and Duration with the sit and the down.  Which is exactly what the stay is.

In a sit stay, you are asking the dog to sit down and stay in place, so working on the duration, or time you expect your dog to remain in the sit, is exactly what you are doing in a stay.  The same applies to a down, or a stand. 

Cue: STAY

Sign:  I use the cop stop sign, my hand raised palm facing dog. 

If you work on the sit and work with duration you have worked the stay, if you work the down with duration you have worked the stay, if you work the stand with duration you have worked the stay.  Same applies to distance. 

You can introduce the cue and signal as you work on any of these three.