I think stay you put your dog in stay build up how long he is in that position start off just a few seconds and build up. Click and treat while in stay then release, if you click after he will associate the treat with the release and will think in order to get the treat he needs to leave the stay position
Reading a book at the moment called "when pigs fly" by Jane Killion which is specifically for difficult to train breeds which most terriers fall into the category of. The trainer has three BT of her own
So true @Mickjameslenehan GRRRRREAT book! Wildly recommended to every Clicker/Bull Terrier enthusiast!
@sayitaintcor You always click/reward the behavior you want to shape. If the behavior/ position is something that the dog is supposed to hold for a while like a "stay", you built it starting from very short periods, even split seconds and then gradually expand the time, just as Mick already explained.
It depends. If you mean to release the dog from a certain exercise, basically your "click" is confirmation that the dog did right and means release at the same time. Usually the dog will release its position after a click on its own.
If you are talking about a general release to indicate "our training session is over", the best way is to have your own "release command" (hand signal or voice) for that.
Establishing is pretty easy, just speak it/ do it every time you are ending the session. I usually end a training session with an exercise she knows well to make 100% sure that she easily earns one last success/ reward. After that my personal release command is "free" plus a hand sign. It's important to cease ALL kinds of training for a moment then. Turn away, do your own stuff for a few minutes. Most importantly: be consistent. Finished means finished.
After a few times the dog will connect the dots and know that your release command means that the session is over, no more treats to earn for now.
My hand signal is one that I have also established for other occasions. I used to have a different one, just to end my training session. But I find the signal I use now more clear and useful, because it works for me on different occasions: Djamila is used to always getting a little something when everyone else does. It's kind of our family ritual. Let's say I grab a yogurt, she will politely take a seat by my side and wait for me to finish eating, because she knows, she will then be allowed to lick the last remains out of the plastic container. Or if I am munching some veggies, she will get one or two pieces. Sometimes I ask her to do something for it (a trick she knows well or so) to "earn it", sometimes she's getting it "for free" just for being polite.
Either way, once the food is gone I hold both of my hands up with fingers spread in front of my face (just as if police commanded me to raise my hands). I established this sign in the exact same way as described above. Once I show my hands like this to her, she knows: "We're finished. No more treats/ food to earn here for now". Also when I end our training session with it. It's amazing, most of the time she literally gets up, turns around and starts doing her own stuff, laying down somewhere or grabbing a toy to play with it on her own.
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GRRRRREAT book! Wildly recommended to every Clicker/Bull Terrier enthusiast!
@sayitaintcor
You always click/reward the behavior you want to shape. If the behavior/ position is something that the dog is supposed to hold for a while like a "stay", you built it starting from very short periods, even split seconds and then gradually expand the time, just as Mick already explained.
Maybe I missed it?
If you mean to release the dog from a certain exercise, basically your "click" is confirmation that the dog did right and means release at the same time. Usually the dog will release its position after a click on its own.
If you are talking about a general release to indicate "our training session is over", the best way is to have your own "release command" (hand signal or voice) for that.
Establishing is pretty easy, just speak it/ do it every time you are ending the session. I usually end a training session with an exercise she knows well to make 100% sure that she easily earns one last success/ reward.
After that my personal release command is "free" plus a hand sign.
It's important to cease ALL kinds of training for a moment then. Turn away, do your own stuff for a few minutes. Most importantly: be consistent. Finished means finished.
After a few times the dog will connect the dots and know that your release command means that the session is over, no more treats to earn for now.
My hand signal is one that I have also established for other occasions. I used to have a different one, just to end my training session. But I find the signal I use now more clear and useful, because it works for me on different occasions:
Djamila is used to always getting a little something when everyone else does. It's kind of our family ritual.
Let's say I grab a yogurt, she will politely take a seat by my side and wait for me to finish eating, because she knows, she will then be allowed to lick the last remains out of the plastic container.
Or if I am munching some veggies, she will get one or two pieces. Sometimes I ask her to do something for it (a trick she knows well or so) to "earn it", sometimes she's getting it "for free" just for being polite.
Either way, once the food is gone I hold both of my hands up with fingers spread in front of my face (just as if police commanded me to raise my hands). I established this sign in the exact same way as described above.
Once I show my hands like this to her, she knows: "We're finished. No more treats/ food to earn here for now". Also when I end our training session with it.
It's amazing, most of the time she literally gets up, turns around and starts doing her own stuff, laying down somewhere or grabbing a toy to play with it on her own.
Hope this answers your question.