What is the best way to accomplish the stay and come command? Debo is almost 7 months.
I tried working on stay today. I have him sit and then I point my arm out at his nose and say "Stay" and slowly try to move back. He follows me as I step back. He smells the treat and seems to be thinking "hey i sat, where's my treat?" lol. I kept trying to have him stay, and when he would walk forward I would say "No, stay...", redirect him to sit and use my arm gesture to stay. I did this about 6 or 7 times and he seemed to just get frustrated and layed down. Ha.
The hardest command I'm trying to enforce is "Come". Sometimes he just outright ignores me when he's preoccupied with other things. Usually if we are in the house, and he's playing with Jass he'll come 50% of the time, but that's usually just by calling his name. If he has a bone, it's more like 15% lol. I have lure him away with something else. If we are outside and he's off leash, he never comes. He's too busy checking everything out. It's like I'm not even there.
Any suggestions? I really worry about having him off leash.
I tried working on stay today. I have him sit and then I point my arm out at his nose and say "Stay" and slowly try to move back. He follows me as I step back. He smells the treat and seems to be thinking "hey i sat, where's my treat?" lol. I kept trying to have him stay, and when he would walk forward I would say "No, stay...", redirect him to sit and use my arm gesture to stay. I did this about 6 or 7 times and he seemed to just get frustrated and layed down. Ha.
The hardest command I'm trying to enforce is "Come". Sometimes he just outright ignores me when he's preoccupied with other things. Usually if we are in the house, and he's playing with Jass he'll come 50% of the time, but that's usually just by calling his name. If he has a bone, it's more like 15% lol. I have lure him away with something else. If we are outside and he's off leash, he never comes. He's too busy checking everything out. It's like I'm not even there.
Any suggestions? I really worry about having him off leash.