Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[black_cat]

Do you recommend teaching an implied stay? I've been trying, but it's kinda hard

 

[chickentrains]

Do you recommend teaching an implied stay? I've been trying, but it's kinda hard

What do you mean by implied?

oh and i'll teach you my greatest mistake.

Do NOT teach down from sit... and do NOT! call your dog to you in a stay.

 

[NatJ]

do NOT! call your dog to you in a stay.

Why not?

 

[chickentrains]

Why not?

Your dog anticipates your release.

 

[black_cat]

What do you mean by implied?

implied meaning ''sit until I release you'' as opposed to ''sit but do what you want unless I tell you to stay''

oh and i'll teach you my greatest mistake.

Do NOT teach down from sit...

Too late

and do NOT! call your dog to you in a stay.

I did remember that one- I walk away then walk back to him.

 

[NatJ]

Your dog anticipates your release.

It probably depends on the dog, and how much you have worked on what commands.

When I had a Labrador Retriever, she was really good at staying.

I had a few cases early on when she thought her name was a release, but I changed my behavior a little bit and she got the point quite quickly.

If she was staying, I would say her name, wait to be sure she was paying attention but not moving, and THEN say OK or Come or whatever command I intended to give. Sometimes I just praised her (for the fact that she was looking at me but not breaking her stay), and let her keep staying for a while longer.

I have no idea how well it would work with other dogs, because that particular lab seemed pretty easy to train.

 

[chickentrains]

IF you do decide to do competition obedience, change that down thing ASAP!

Just teach a release word then... I use ok for everything LOL

 

[chickentrains]

It probably depends on the dog, and how much you have worked on what commands.

When I had a Labrador Retriever, she was really good at staying.

I had a few cases early on when she thought her name was a release, but I changed my behavior a little bit and she got the point quite quickly.

If she was staying, I would say her name, wait to be sure she was paying attention but not moving, and THEN say OK or Come or whatever command I intended to give. Sometimes I just praised her (for the fact that she was looking at me but not breaking her stay), and let her keep staying for a while longer.

I have no idea how well it would work with other dogs, because that particular lab seemed pretty easy to train.

Yeah,

It CAN be reversed but it saves so much trouble to not start the habit in the first place

and like you said, it depends on the dog as well

 

[black_cat]

IF you do decide to do competition obedience, change that down thing ASAP!

Just teach a release word then... I use ok for everything LOL

idk if I want to, but he can't even do a down from a sit unless I'm tapping on the floor
is it better to restart from a stand, or get it so that he can do it from sit when I just point at the ground instead of bending down, then change it to from a stand

 

[chickentrains]

idk if I want to, but he can't even do a down from a sit unless I'm tapping on the floor
is it better to restart from a stand, or get it so that he can do it from sit when I just point at the ground instead of bending down, then change it to from a stand

the down should be seperate from the sit, so just lure him down from a standing position. Kind of like how you would start for the bow trick, but with his booty on the ground too.