stay: break, OK, release...

yes, OK is a CRAPPY release word, trust me
As Silaria and Cheryl just mentioned... I inadvertantly say ok to somebody else and off goes Toffee lol No fault of his own.

I use stay because I didn't know better when I started out, so my criteria was wishy washy, lol, as SheltieChe explains. Regardless, it's good learning!!
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Nothing DRASTICALLY wrong with either but you just get to be a smarter handler after a while, or so I hope... I dare say when I am on my 3rd agility dog I will be better LOL:biggrin2: But for now I am at number one and still deal with what I did wrong during the pre agility years :winkgrin:
 
I use the word "ok" as well.

Strangely enough, my little crazy girl knows the difference when I say "okay" to my trainer and when I say "okay" to release her. I never trained her to do that and I'm sure she won't always be perfect with that, but for whatever she waits until I'm looking at her and say "okay" before she moves.

I don't think "okay" is a good release word. It's a short word, which is great, but it is a commonly used word, which can be confusing to your dog.
 
SheltieChe said:
To future muddle the matter...
I do not use word stay as I find it redundant:smile2:
ANY stationary position i.e. sit, down has " maintain" implications. Once asked Sit my dog will stay until either release word is given/ in my case is "free"/ or other cue given, lets say Down follows Sit so Down will become release word in this case.
When I build stationary position like "Sit pretty" once I have duration of 1-2 seconds I will build it to the release word, i.e. Sit pretty until release word or another cue is given.
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Yes, it is redundant, but I use it anyway.

To me, why not give the dog as many clues as I can to what I want--doesn't hurt.

Also, it's good to have if my dog chooses a position, and I ask them to stay in that position (ie: dog is already sitting, and I'd like them to stay in that position)
 
corbinam said:
Yes, it is redundant, but I use it anyway.

To me, why not give the dog as many clues as I can to what I want--doesn't hurt.

Also, it's good to have if my dog chooses a position, and I ask them to stay in that position (ie: dog is already sitting, and I'd like them to stay in that position)
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oh brother that is big can of worms out there:winkgrin:
Cues are funny, Kathy Sdao has terrific 6 disk DVD "I cue" well worth watching to just about anyone involved in dogs. Lots of ah-ha moments
 
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