Game to Teach the CONCEPT of STAY – Dog Training

A game to teach the concept of stay until the release cue is given. This game is for those of you who ask their dog to sit stay and then after a few seconds the dog seems confused and either gets up or starts offering other behaviors he thinks might work. Often times dogs get up from a stay position because they do not quite yet grasp the concept that they should remain in position until they hear the release cue. Sometimes the learner can interpret no information as being wrong and so will start to change their behavior to see what might work. This very simple game teaches dogs the concept of waiting until the release is given. If the dog is too excited by the food on the plate, you can use lower value treats on the plate and higher value treats that you give to the dog for waiting to be released. You can also practice this game using toys as the reinforcer that the dog is released to. I don’t suggest playing this game with your dog’s dinner as it can cause your dog to eat faster than he normally would if the bowl was calmly put down in front of him while he was relaxed. Also the reason this game works, is because the dog is getting a high level of reinforcement while waiting to be released. If you just put something down and the dog only gets reinforced when he gets up to get it, as you can imagine it can cause the dog to get excited or over-aroused while waiting to finally be released. Training and proofing the release cue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHTYneseaw Thanks for watching! Please give a thumbs up, comment and subscribe! It means a lot to me Check out my dogs’ daily antics on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kikopup/ FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dogmantics/ CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE FOR FREE TRAINING ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND PRODUCTS: https://dogmantics.com/ The online store where you can find Professional Dog Training memberships, Self-study courses and video on demand for purchase: https://dogmantics.com/shop/ If you would like to support my work to create more educational videos like this one on how to train dogs without the use of physical or psychological intimidation, consider clicking the join button and becoming a member of channel Kikopup! It's kind of like the youtube version of patreon with perks. Click this link here if a join button does not show up on your device such as a phone: https://www.youtube.com/user/kikopup/join Happy Training! – Emily Larlham (AKA Kikopup) About the author: Emily Larlham runs the dog training business Dogmantics Dog Training in San Diego, California. She is known around the world for her popular Youtube Channel ‘Kikopup’ where she has posted over 350 free in-depth dog training tutorials. She believes that by putting out free training tutorials that don’t involve any forms of physical or psychological intimidation, it will not only effect how people treat animals but also how people treat other human beings. Emily created the term ‘Progressive Reinforcement Training’ and a training manifesto to describe this way of training in detail. Emily began her training career as an animal care-giver in a shelter about 15 years ago where she met her dog training mentor Kyle Rayon. After meeting Kyle, Emily quit her job and became an apprentice. After many years of study, learning from both human and thousands of canine mentors, she began her own business. She combines her artistic background and training skills to invent creative, fast and reliable ways to solve problem behaviors as well as train complex behaviors and tricks. She has been invited to conduct seminars on her techniques for training dogs without intimidation in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. She has also spoken at conferences such as the PPG Summit, Clicker Expo, Clicker Expo Europe, APDT Australia and the Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. #dogtraining #professionaldogtraining #professionaldogtrainer

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