Happy weekend. I'd like to teach "stay" to our 11 m.o. lab mix. I've been reading on the site that, perhaps, the stay command is unnecessary. That if Layla sits and does "down" properly, I need to teach her a "release". If this is the case, I'd appreciate any ideas on how to maintain Layla at the "sit" or "down". As I back away slowly, she tends to get up to follow me. I am attempting, slowly, to use the shaping behavior taught by Ed on his podcasts. But, Layla gets up rather quickly, well...immediately actually.
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How about if you do not back away (at first) but stand there as she remains in a sit, at first? And gradually extend the time to the marker until you have a few seconds, then vary it from immediate to 5 seconds to 2 seconds, and so on?
It starts to creates the perception that "even if odd things happen, if I just sit until the marker, I will be rewarded."
I don't add distance and time at once ... I add a little of one, then a little of the other ... and only add a little of the other when the last addition is solid.
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Is teaching "stay" necessary?
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