SIT STAY: L2

SITSTAY: LEVEL TWO

EASY BEGINNINGS

Ask for a Sit, then Rapid-Fire ten c/t in a row while she's sitting, just to get her thinking about the Sit. Then start 300-Peck Sits – ask for a Sit, count to one, c/t. TRY to put the food right in her mouth after each of these counted Sits. If you can't, it's not the end of the world, but try. Sit, count to 2, c/t. Sit, 3, c/t, and so on. 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. Under 10 seconds, if she breaks the position, ask for the Sit again, give her a Rapid-Fire X5 and start your count over again from one second. Over 10 seconds, you can leave out the RF and just start from one again.

To re-teach a Sit Stay for someone else

with a criteria of not moving a single paw

we had to lower the criteria to 3 seconds

The criteria had to remain the same

Only the duration changed

And yet, at home that same day and with Shayla volunteering Sits, Downs and Watches, she could have gone on forever. The value of re-teaching the behavior in different circumstances and with different people is obvious.