Bud Kerr Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 My BC, Kayleigh is good at sit, down or stay with either voice or hand signal. When I tell her to sit she always comes to me to sit. Any ideas on how to get her to sit at a distance without coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearls pop Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Pearl used to do that also. I put her on her leash, gave her the sit command then tied the leash to a spike driven in the ground, gave the stay command and moved a few feet away and gave the sit command. when she would do that i would untie her then play for a few minutes then tie her up again, increase the distance and repeat.when she had mastered that i found i could use a "staysit" command. After 5 years i now usually give a "stay" hand signal then verbal "sit" when i need to reenforce the sit at distance command Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hand signals. Also you could work on putting her in a sit-stay and then walking away from her, when you're a good distance away, you can call her using your voice and hand signal and while she is half-way to you, put her in a down stay...this is very useful thing to learn if your BC ever needs to get into an emergency down position. Piper learned it almost immediately (except then she would ooze towards me on her belly ) so we worked on that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Kerr Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Great ideas both of you. I'll start today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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