Quick question for Pepper, who is 5 1/2 months old and learning some
of the basic obedience exercises. I'd like to start with her in a
formal class soon. When I was training Bonnie, I never used the
command "stay". If she was sitting and I left, I just left - since
"sit" was the last thing I said, she was to remain sitting until I
came back or called her. It seemed less confusing to her when she was
in the learning stage, dealing with sit and stand, she didn't need
another s-word in there. Eventually I introduced "wait".
In competition, if you don't tell your dog to "stay" but instead
tell it to "sit", would you be deducted for double commanding? If you
say the dog's name (Pepper, sit) is that a deduction? Just curious.
It's fun to see how much a young puppy can really do. She has a
really impressive moving stand, fun retrieve, and really gets the idea
of scent discrimination - three wooden dowels, one smelly and two
plain

Jana