Delilah is a crapshoot, sometimes she waits but mostly she doesn’t.

One of the best commands I ever taught Sampson was “STOP.” He puts the brakes on when I yell that one.

I’ll have to get to you that question. lol we have ran into dogs in their yard or driveway barking, coming towards us and I have found leave gets a better response than others I’ve tried. It also depends on the dog. Fiona is nonreactive around dogs, whereas Blaze is pyscho. I’ve been trying to get the dogs to ignore the strange dog, but keeping their head forward and with leave it I get better results. (Less lunging, barking, going crazy) So something is working. I actually walked two dogs by another with little to no response, it was great!

I’ve been brainstorming a post of that nature for a while now! Perhaps the reason I am sensitive to fearful dogs is that horses are such fearful creatures (extraordinarily brave, too…but then, without fear I suppose there is no bravery…)

Bwa ha ha! You sound like a politician. 🙂

I can see it being tough to teach a go-go terrier to stop and stay for long. But wait seems to convey to our dogs that we just need them to pause for a moment. They’re very clever about reading us and knowing what we’re asking for.

And ooops, sorry about the bad city name. I must have had a brain fart. I’ll leave my error of shame instead of fixing it. 🙂

And for a little more trash talking–those things you call beaches in Colorado Springs? They’re shorelines, not beaches. 🙂

BTW, think it’s awesome that you’re using the competition to bring attention to puppy mill rescue. That’s awesome. Cathy B of Charleston raised money for their local rescue too.

It’s great that this bit of silliness is being used for a higher cause.

If you ever feel up to it, I’d love to read a post comparing a human’s relationship with a dog to a human’s relationship to a horse.

Horses and dogs have the closest collaborative relationships to humans. And yet dogs are, like humans, predators. While horses are more likely to be prey animals. I wonder how that changes the relationship?

I found a trainer teaching wait from a link in one of the comments so it can be formally taught. But I suspect, for many of us, it’s something our dogs pick up because they’re so in tune with our tone and body language.

And yes, “wait” is far better than being dragged down the stairs. 🙂

Up in the comments, Edie Chase referred me to this video teaching “wait.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TLDQuVYkDI

The trainer used a step down in the yard in the first steps, like you started with Barley at the top of the steps. I would not have thought of that. But the use of a change in level was very smart.

Sounds like you found the same thing.