3 Benefits Of Teaching Your Dog To Down/Stay

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Why teach your dog to perform a Down/Stay?

  1. It's a great impulse control exercise. ⁣It will be a lot harder for your dog to jump up on guests from a Down position. Asking her to Stay until she calms down will allow her to be a polite greeter.

  2. It could be an alternative to undesirable behaviors we experience. ⁣We can practice Down/Stays at meal times, while we are cooking, when grabbing a coffee at the local spot.

  3. It provides the foundations for further "relaxation" & "mat work".⁣ Asking your dog to Down/Stay after she she’s been excited by something can help her calm down before you continue your walk, for example.

The biggest roadblock our clients encounter while teaching it: ⁣

▪️Progressing too fast. ⁣

⁣It comes natural to us to want to move onto the next level of difficulty, however, we need to make sure that we have a systematic approach to dog training & measuring our progress accordingly. ⁣

Add the 3 "D-s" accordingly (Distance, Duration & Distraction) only when you are getting consistent positive results. ⁣

Happy training! ⁣