Ep 054 Teach Your Dog to Stay

Teaching your dog to hold commands until released makes the STAY command unnecessary.

Today, discover how using a release command gives you more control over your dog with less effort.

In this episode, Devin and Bennie discuss what it means for your dog to be “All-Done” with a command.

If you don’t have a release command, how can your dog understand your intent?
Many dog trainers teach STAY as a separate command, yet do not teach a release command for your dog.
Bennie calls this “filler,” while Devin thinks it’s marketing fluff to make the training package sound more valuable.
Refresher: the difference between a formal command and a casual command IS the release command.
If there is no release command, then technically all your dog has to do is the command itself—exactly once, momentarily. Technically, she is doing what you requested of her (and no more).
You have to teach your dog that she is to hold a command until released.
Bennie discusses why a common phrase or word like “okay” is not really a good release command.
Having a release command allows you to create good structure, and gives the dog something to recognize as the end of the command.
Devin brings up a seeming contradiction in discussing how a dog can hold a command for long periods of time, when in the past we’ve talked about a dog having only a 5 second awareness.
Devin finally admits that Bennie really knows what he talking about!

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