Week 4 -5 Cliff Notes Sit/Stay EXPANDED

  

SIT/STAY EXPANDED

Increasing Distance to 15 ft.

Start increasing time and distance by using your Longe Line. 

• 8 ft. for 80 seconds, 10 ft. for 100 seconds, and so on. 
• By the end of the week, your dog should be holding a 15 ft. Sit/Stay in high level distractions for about 3 minutes. Designed to strengthen the dog's ability to maintain it's Sit/Stay with you farther away.

Approach by a Stranger Part A

This exercise teaches your dog to accept a person approaching and hold its Sit/Stay.

• Put your dog on a Sit/Stay.
• Step away from your dog laterally (beside the dog) about 4 ft.
• Have a familiar person approach your dog diagonally, stand beside your dog, then move away diagonally.
• IMPIMPORTANT! The person SHOULD NOT make eye contact with the dog! 
• IMPORTANT! The person should move briskly

Approach by a Stranger Part B

• Once the dog can hold its Sit/Stay, add the touch sequence

• Put your dog on a Sit/Stay.
• Step away from your dog laterally (beside the dog) about 4 ft.
• Have a familiar person approach your dog diagonally, palm towards the dog about 4” away from the dog's nose, touch the top of the dog's head, then move away diagonally.
• IMPORTANT! The person SHOULD NOT make eye contact with the dog!
• IMPORTANT! The person should move briskly

This exercise teaches your dog to accept a person approaching & being touched while it maintains its Sit/Stay.

• Put your dog on a Sit/Stay.
• Step away from your dog laterally (beside the dog) about 4 ft.
• Have a familiar person approach your dog diagonally, lightly touch the top of the dog’s head, shoulders, & hips, then move away diagonally.
• IMPORTANT! The person SHOULD NOT make eye contact with the dog! 

This exercise teaches your dog to hold its position even with unknown and new people. 

• Once your dog holds its position with the above sequencing, add new people the dog hasn't met before and follow the stand beside sequence.
• You may need to have them approach and initially be 5 ft. away from the dog, then 4 ft., then 3ft., etc. 
• Once the dog can do this with new people, then add the touching sequence.

REMEMBER!  A Stay = A Stay … so no moving at all by the dog. 

And pay attention -  If the dog’s head drops below its shoulders, they’re going to break.