This video goes over a game to play to initially teach the concept to the dog of staying in position until they hear the release cue. This makes it much easier in my opinion to add duration without the dog thinking the long silence and lack of reinforcement means they are wrong or should try something else because they understand the concept they are waiting for a specific end cue to the stay. In this video I train my little 6 month old terrier mix Cloud to stand stay with duration for the first time and wait for the release cue.
I have a video compilation on my best stay videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fWfSAvan8
And this is the video that goes over this specific exercise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hcRZEYSARs
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Hello everyone this is kikopop’s dog Training tip of the day for today i’m Going to be talking about duration in Behaviors now cloud is pretty good at a Very long down position but i’ve just Taught him to stand and now before i go Too many days or even weeks teaching him To stand and he only stands for a few Seconds i want to teach him the concept That he has to stay in the position Until either i ask for a different Position or i release him with a release Cue such as free or Let’s go or okay or whatever okay so The reason i don’t like to choose okay Is i say it all the time so i laughed at Myself my release queue is free or get It free means come to me get it means Get whatever treat there is on the Ground so i can say get it and then Throw the treat like that and he knows He can get up so if you’re having a dog That’s really struggling uh with the Concept of staying if you’ve done a lot Of leaving proof it for leave it leaving Stuff hi Hey thanks for doing the bow to the Stand that we were doing previously in The tip of the day So you can see why i need to work on the Duration Okay so i’m going to show you a quick Little game i actually have a tutorial On it but it’s really building the
Concept that the behavior ends and then Something happens at the end sometimes With Treat training people train the behavior In a training session but then in real Life maybe they’re in the kitchen they Want to give their dog a treat so they Say say it and then they give their dog A treat and then they walk away and then The dog is sitting there and then at Some point the dog thinks oh I don’t have to sit anymore i’ll get up So it’s really important for clarity That there is a very very precise ending That they’re waiting for so the release Cue okay you’ve had a lot of treats now Free so what i’m going to do Uh your dog needs to know a leave it for This exercise i am also going to utilize The end of the carpet so i’m actually Going to turn my back to you So that he knows To stay on this carpet where we’ve Worked on the exercise before Okay so i’m just going to get him Straight And usually i have my dog right in front Of me but i’m going to try and do it at An angle so you can you can see him Better but i’m going to ask him In the Position that he’s best at which is a Down i’m going to say leave it and i’m Going to put these treats down here
But you can see he’s getting up thinking That he can get them so this is a great Proofing game because duration is Staying in the in the down um and not Just getting up immediately thinking That this means get up they’re waiting For the release queue There’s stimulus control on the release Queue meaning other cues don’t mean get Up so um i actually made a video on this About proofing for distractions so You’re first going to click as the Distraction happens and then go to Pretend to put a treat down if your dog Doesn’t know leave it which he i guess Doesn’t know in this situation so i’m Going to say leave it and then put the And then put the treat down on the Ground Good Leave it Good Leave it Awesome Leave it Good boy Leave it Awesome Leave it Good job Leave it So when he’s very confident with leaving It if you have a dog that’s really good At leave it you might have to work on
The cue of get it which means they can Actually have whatever it was so Basically it’s a very very simple game And a great way to learn the concept of You’re in a position you’re waiting and Then you get a cue Where you can get up So by having something they really want And they’re focused on this one thing They’re going to be more likely to Understand in my opinion the concept of Stay i can’t get that thing until I hear that cue now you don’t want to do This for hours and hours it’s just To initially train that concept of stay And get it so i’d only do this for two To three seconds and then when the dog Is understanding the concept of um Of the duration you can add I mean Of getting up only on the queue then you Can add duration And then There’s not going to be like a treat Tempting them they’re just going to be Laying and you can mark and reinforce Because you can see it’s way easier for Him when there’s not something that he Really wants right in front of him but Those games are really going to help With build the concept of the behavior Ends at some specific point that i’m Waiting for Free
Good boy So if he doesn’t get up when i say free I’m going to lure him or say get it and Then throw the treat like that down Leave it Leave it Good Good Good job Cloud Good job you can see he’s getting a Little frustrated Because he’s like moving around looking At the treats wagging his tail so let me Say get it And i can use lower value treats next Time i stupidly only have the same value For giving him some and also on the Ground so if you can use a lower Distraction as the i mean as the thing That they’re released to like kibble and Then he gets a higher value treats like A piece of hot dog that can be very Helpful Leave it Good boy Get it good job Okay So now i actually thought i wouldn’t Have to do that um that’s where i should Really end it and work on the down with The distraction but instead I’m going to show you how to work on the Stand with that distraction up
Good By doing this And i think it helps the concept of Having the dog on the edge of a platform Or carpet at first but you want to Quickly move on to where they’re free Somewhere else like right in the middle Of the carpet as well So that they don’t only think staying is About being on the edge of a carpet Leave it Good boy Ready Up Nice Good Good Good Good Up Nice Good whoops That made him move his foot a little bit Ready up Good Good Good Down Down Good leave it Good Are you ready Up Good boy nice
Very nice Very nice That’s so good you figured it out That’s right Oh It’s like i’m gonna lay down now Down Good boy Thank you so much for watching if you’d Like to support my work don’t forget to Like comment and subscribe to my channel You can also become a supporting member Of channel kikopop by clicking the join Button and that gains you access to a Members video a month that you can find In the community section of my youtube Channel see you later