Obedience Dog Training – Hand Signals – The Stay Signal

Hand signals are very important tools you can use to train your dog.

Dogs aren’t verbal creatures – even though they can learn how respond to your words. For them it’s easy to see movement – so they can readily perceive the movement involved in a hand signal. Give the hand signal immediately followed by the verbal command.

The Stay Signal is one of the commands you can easily learn and teach your dog.

Hand signal – Stay command 1 – Dog on your side

If your dog is beside or behind you, drop your arm and hand to your side, fingers down, with the palm of your hand directly in front of the dog’s nose.

Hand signal – Stay command 2 – Dog(s) in front of you.

If you are facing your dog, point your fingers upward with your palm at an angle that’s easy for your dog to see.

When you teach hand signals to a dog try to keep them large and precise.

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