Should be pretty easy, right?! Right! That's what this segment is about - creating the beginnings to a reliable sit-stay. We need it not because it's an important part of heeling work - it's not, but it does make sense from a practical 'everyday life' perspective, and it's also necessary for later steps of focus and proofing work we'll be doing.
If your dog already has one, this segment should be relatively painless. If your dog doesn't, let's begin putting the work in on it so we can confidently move into more sophisticated training.
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3 min 35 sec
Teaching the sit and the beginning stages of a stay should be pretty easy. The real opportunity lies in the proofing training. To make sure the behavior is strong, we want to practice it in many different situations, contexts, and in the face of minor distractions. This video illustrates some work Anthony and his pitbull, Big Mac, did to further solidify Mac's understanding of a sit-stay.
This video is a bit longer than many of the others in this course, but there's some good coaching tips and Anthony and Big Mac make some common mistakes as well as some good progress. You'll pick up some good information by watching it.
5 min 2 sec