Step 5 - Stay Generalization

Prerequisite Skills:

• Steps 1-4

Gear:

• Treat pouch with treats

Set Up:

• Environmental Selection: Select/Set-Up an environment where your dog is able to stay focused.

• When generalizing to each new environment it's important to reset the criteria to make learning easy on your dog.

• Use your criteria setting skills to understand how to increase or decrease how difficult/distracting your criteria is in each new environment to set your dog up for success

Generalization

Build random combinations of Steps 2-4

• Use your Criteria Setting skills to adjust based on what your dog finds easy or hard

• This requires you to put your training knowledge and knowledge about what challenges your dog to the test

• There isn't really a wrong answer -> just a data point to adjust from for the environment that you are targeting to be successful in with your dog

Simple Combo	60 sec duration with 15 steps & 3 dropped treats
Intermediate Combo	Asking for a Stay at the edge of the kitchen, making, and then eating a sandwich while seated
Advanced Combo	Asking your dog to hold a Stay while multiple friends come to visit, share a meal, and play games

Note: Be specific and document what you are working on. If/When they break Stay before being released you can look at the criteria (Duration, Distance, or Difficulty) and determine how to split it to make it easier for the next rep.