Training your dog to ‘stay’ can be a bit challenging as it’s a long process. To teach your dog ‘stay’, you need to eventually build up on 3 areas: duration, distance and distractions. When you train your dog to ‘stay’ for the first time, you may want to treat your dog after a few seconds. However, you can gradually lengthen the duration of ‘stay’ in one spot as the puppy progresses in the training. Just as duration, distance can also be increased over time. Start with no distractions and finally distractions should be introduced to the puppy slowly. Be proactive to make your correction sound if he breaks the command and place him back exactly into the same spot where he moved from and don’t give the command. Always move back to the dog up to your walking way from him so that he moves back in. Releasing the dog after ‘stay’ is important as it will help your dog recognize the difference between ‘having to stay in the same spot’ and ‘when he’s free to move’.
