Stand-Stay Session 3 (Patreon)

In this video we go from the platform with front foot target, to flat platform, to yoga mat foot target, to our FIRST FULL STAND STAY ON THE GROUND! Yay CoolWhip! You better bet she got a nice fish chew after this one! 

In this video I experiment with fading/eliminating the props to show you the progression of how I remove these props that have been helping me train the desired behavior. The total time in training this behavior after including this video is about 20 minutes (if you subtract my gabbing at the beginning and end of session) over 4 total sets or sessions. This is why consistency is more important than length of time. If I tried to train this all in one 20 minutes session, Whip would get bored and likely not do as well. But broken down into four sessions over a week and a half makes the training fun. 

There's still a lot of proofing that needs to happen here. For example, I need to practice more reps in this location and facing different directions. Then I need to practice in new locations. I also need to practice heeling her into the stand (having her heel, stop, sit, stand, and then stay). I then also need to add distractions. So I'll try to show you a bit of that if that interests you as well. 

Would love your feedback on whether or not you enjoyed these longer-form sessions where you're seeing the full training process. It's hard sometimes to do these kind of videos with dogs that know a lot of these skills, but I think Rally will give me an opportunity to add new skills that Whip hasn't learned. So let me know if you like this, or you think it's boring to watch these longer, uncut sessions. I hope at a minimum you enjoyed watching me puzzle through, mess up, and try a new strategy, with a skill that I've never taught before :) 

Happy training!