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Learn how to make your dog stay! Learn how to train your dog in this free online video lesson series with tips and techniques such as using food rewards, proofing the stay, adding greater distance, adding distractions, teaching leave it, working gradually, and troubleshooting problems.
There are 15 videos in this series:

Teach your dog to stay in this free video.

Learn dog behavior training tips and techniques such as using food rewards during training lessons in this free video.

Learn how to make your dog stay when it's in the sitting position in this free video.

Learn how to teach your dog to stay when it's in the standing position in this free video.

Learn how to deal with changing variables and environments when you're training your dog to stay in this free video.

Learn how to deal with mishaps and mistakes when training your dog in this free video.

Learn dog behavior training tips and techniques such as working gradually on the stay command in this free video.

Learn dog behavior training tips and techniques such as adding distractions to the stay command in this free video.

Learn dog behavior training tips and techniques such as adding greater distance to the stay command in this free video.

Learn dog obedience training tips and techniques, like proofing the stay, in this free video.

Teach your dog to master the "stay" command in this free video.

Learn dog behavior training tips and techniques such as using aids for the stay command in this free video.

Get your dog to understand the "leave it" command in this free video.

Adding "leave it" to the stay command is discussed in this free video.

Dog behavior training tips and techniques such as what to do if your dog isn't picking up the "stay" command is discussed in this free video.

Teaching your pet to do the most basic commands such as sit, lie down and heel can be a difficult challenge. There are many methods to training your dog that basically have the same strategies of positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement. When the dog obeys the command, it gets an award or treat, thus reinforcing the obedience of the command. Working dogs have to learn difficult commands such as herding animals or protecting animals. While your dog may not need to learn how to herd or protect other animals it does need to learn certain commands such as come, sit, and stay to a name a few.
Learn from dog training expert Elise McMahon as she teaches and demonstrates how to train a dog to stay in this free online video series. Learn tips and techniques such as introducing the stay command, using food as a reward, working gradually, using teaching aids, adding distractions, teaching leave it, adding greater distance, proofing the stay, and troubleshooting problems in these video clips.
This series is an Equilibrio Films production.
Elise McMahon Elise McMahon has a Ph.D. in animal behavior and has been working with both domestic and wild dogs since the early 1990s. She began studying domestic dogs in the behavior clinic of the Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. McMahon held a position there for two years and co-developed the Puppy Problem Prevention Program with Lois Hall. During that time, she was also working with a local trainer, Steve Lindsay. Prior to earning her degree, McMahon was a private animal behavior consultant. After completing her fieldwork on Chilean foxes, she opened a training center and began providing both private and group classes, as well as individual evaluations and consultations.dkdk
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