DOWNSTAY: Level Two: Discussion
Lots of new concepts in Level Two!
The DownStay is the first (and easiest) of the duration behaviors.
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Using Chutes and Ladders to introduce Duration to the Down, 5 seconds.
Controlling the environment by teaching this IN THE CAR.
Eye contact was a bonus!
Sharon and Molly
Karen and Webster
Cathy and Rooster
from Steps:
STAY Criteria
DownStay: Level Two
In the early Levels, your STAY cue means freeze, but later it'll become more relaxed and will come to refer to holding place only – when the dog is doing a 2-hour Go To Mat, we don't really care if she sits up or circles now and then.
SitStay: Level Two
Your criteria are important here. Under no circumstances do you want to tell a dog that she can move ANYTHING but her head or tail during a Stay, so if she moves ONE paw, or shifts her bum, she's broken the position.
(....or whines....or barks...)
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