Petsafe Comfort Fit Remote Trainer - Manuel (Page 14)

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The “Stay” Command
1. Go through Preparation for Training
2. Go through the “Come On”, follow me routine for two or three minutes.
3. Call your dog to you with “Here” command.
4. Ask him to “Sit”. Use the tap stimulation for all these commands. He should now understand
that the tap of stimulation is a prompt to “do it”.
5. With your dog sitting, tell him to “Stay” and take half a step away from him. Do this slowly
watching him closely. If he begins to move, tap the “Bad Dog” button step back to him, tap the
Lower Button say “Sit” and “Stay”. Again take half a step back.
6. Wait a second and step back to your dog. Praise calmly.
7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 increasing the distance you can move from your dog until you are at the end
of the lead. Always go back to your dog – Never call him to you.
8. Increase the time you can stay away from your dog while he is sitting. At any time he moves
away from where he has been sitting, go back to him tapping the Lower Button asking him to
“Sit” once more.
9. Sit with your dog and be his friend for a few minutes and then put him away in his crate or a
“safe” room to remember the lesson, where he cannot misbehave.
Note: With some dogs increasing the distance and time has to be done in very small steps over days and
often weeks of training. Once more, do not call your dog to you from a stay. Always return to his side until
he is consistently good at “Sit and Stay” when you can then begin to occasionally call him to you.