Training Guide; Be Patient With Your Dog - Petsafe Stay! Mat The Wireless Crate Guide D'emploi Et De Dressage

Be Patient with Your Dog

Important: Proper training of your dog is essential to the success of the PetSafe
this section completely before beginning to train your dog.
• Have fun with your dog throughout the training process. Training should be fun, fair, firm, and consistent. Correct your
dog every time he misbehaves.
• Train for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. Don't try to do too much too quickly. Frequent short sessions are better
than infrequent long sessions.
• If your dog reacts to the tones by hiding or acting fearful, redirect his attention to a simple and familiar behavior, such as
the "Sit" command.
• If you currently use a leash to walk your dog, you may want to purchase a different leash to use exclusively with
the Stay! Mat
• You can put your pet's regular bed on top of the Stay! Mat
additional weight to the mat, or it will not operate properly.
• If your pet shows signs of stress, slow down the training schedule, add additional days of training, or increase the amount
of play time with your dog. Common stress signals include
- Dog pulling on leash
- Ears tucked
- Tail down
- Body lowered
- Nervous/ frantic movement or stiffening of dog's body
• Make it fun! Your dog must be completely comfortable sitting and staying on the Stay! Mat
session. Finish each training session on a positive note with lots of praise and play.
• Let only responsible family members use the Stay! Mat
• Other dogs in hearing range will be affected by training tones. Therefore, training sessions should be conducted out of
hearing range of other dogs.
• Even if you think your pet is responding well to training, complete the entire training process. Reinforcement is
important!
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Days 1–2:
Phase
1
Teaching Your Dog the "Place" Command
Perform three sessions on days 1 and 2, each lasting 10 to 15 minutes.
Goal:
To teach your dog the "Place" command. The "Place" command indicates to the dog that
he should move into the designated area and stay. If you have already trained your dog
with a different command, such as "Stay," you can use that instead.
Setup:
• Put a separate non-metallic collar on your dog's neck ABOVE the Receiver Collar and
attach a leash to it. Note: Be sure the extra collar does not put pressure on the Receiver Collar's
Contact Points.
• Set the Stay! Mat
the wall, in a corner, or at the end of a hallway for the initial training sessions. You may
move it later after your dog is trained to use the mat.
• Set the switch on the Stay! Mat
• Program the Receiver Collar to Level 1 (Beep Only Mode) and place it on your dog's
neck. Refer to page 6 for directions on how to set the Static Correction Level. There
will be no correction from the collar for this training phase. This will help your dog get
comfortable with the collar.
• Have tiny pieces of your dog's favorite treats or a favorite toy available for training.
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Training Guide

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