Training the stay the traditional way hasn't worked. Basically, I stay sit, move, and the dog moves. I can get her to stay if I'm still, but the moment I move, she moves.
I've seen some vidoes, etc. lately on back-chaining and it gave me the idea to back-chain the stay. I am working on two different pictures right now.
a) Sit stay
I am getting Macy to go to the other side of a jump, having her sit opposite of me, and clicking for her to stay.
b) Down
I am working on getting her to go to the table from a distance and doing a down. Right now, I'm working on getting her to be about 10 feet away, and we're about 6 feet away right now.
The plan is to work on duration first — get at least a 5 count — and then start moving around.
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