Teach a Dog to Stay When a Door is Opened

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Hi this is Elise McMahon with Expert Village.com and in this video series we are talking about taking your dog for a walk. If you would like to find out more about my services, you can visit my website at www.canineheadstart.com. So, in this short video clip, we are going to be talking about leaving the house, going outside with your dog. One of the important things is that your dog knows when you open the door they can’t just rush outside. Whether you are doing this on or off leash, it is important that your dog knows how to wait at the door. We are going to go through the steps of teaching your dog to wait. We are going to be working with Tai here and we are going to first start with doing an off-leash opening of the door episode. So I go to the door. When I put my hand on the door, you can see that the dog is interested in leaving. I want to tell him quite clearly that I want him to wait as I am opening the door. Tai, wait. If he starts to go out, I close the door and take my hand off the handle. Tai wait. Close the door quickly again if the dog starts to go out. Wait. Wait. Wait. Good boy. Good boy. When the dog waits as you are opening the door you can just close the door, stop and praise the dog. Let him know that he did a good job. Good boy. Tai wait. Okay. Once the dog is in position holding that position then you can release the dog to go outside. We are going to do this on leash. With your dog in sitting position, you are going to put your leash on him. Tai, come. Sit. Good boy. Then you can approach the door, wait and if your dog is holding his position then you can release him to go out the door. I always have the dog go out the door before me so that I don’t have anyone coming behind me. Okay. Let’s go. Now we are going for a walk.

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