subject: How To Teach A Puppy To Stay... The Best Way! [print this page] Are you currently learning how to teach a puppy to stay? I know how frustrating it can be sometimes. But the best part about your dog being a puppy is that they learn a lot faster when they are young. I started training my dog as soon as I brought him home.
When you learn how to teach a puppy to stay, a lot of people will say that they prefer to teach them to stay and sit at the same time. I personally think it is a little less confusing for the dog if your learning how to teach a puppy to stay and sit at the same same time, but it is not required.
You can teach the dog to sit by holding a treat over his head and allowing him to naturally sit, then just praise him with the treat and repeat. That is pretty simple, try practicing for only five minutes a day, he will pick it up faster if you keep it fun and positive.
Now, learning how to teach a puppy to stay, is just as easy. If you want to know how to teach a puppy to stay all I personally do is say the command and gradually back up. Then I would give him a treat for staying there and repeat for not even five minutes. Now, I hope that helped you in learning how to teach a puppy to stay and or sit.
So that just about wraps things up in a simple way. If you just dedicate a little bit of time each day to teach your dog this, then he should learn this in no time at all. I decided to include a link that I put at the bottom, definitely worth checking out, it is a free dog training lesson on video, I thought that it maybe of more help if you need it.
