Our 2 yr old golden is really good at 'stay' in many different circumstances - we can even throw his ball (which he lives for), and tell him to stay, and he will until we release him to get it. We put him on a down stay at various times around the house when we are eating, etc. and he's fine. But when we have company and put him on a down stay, after about 15 minutes or so, he will ever so slowly start to crawl on his belly until he gets over to where I am. He doesn't seem to care as much about the people who are there visiting, as much as he wants to be next to me. He is very bonded, and follows me around all day - but he doesn't seem to have any separation anxiety because I can leave him for extended periods, free in the house, and there is never any barking or getting into anything, and when we return home he's happy to see us, but not hyper.

The problem I have is that he inches his way toward me in this crawling manner, so slowly, that it's hard to know how to break this. It's not like when they break stay and just get up and you take them back. It usually takes him about 20 minutes to make it across the room, so if he's only moved 2 inches from you put him down, it's hard to tell in the beginning when he first starts to do it! Does anyone else's dog do this? and have you figured out how to fix it? (I doesn't help that it's cute either! I don't let him know that!)

Put something between you and him that he can't crawl over without standing up.