You'll find that when teaching the command "stay", it will require considerable practice for success. Teaching him to stay in a seated position or lying down will be best. With repetition, say the command "stay" and then slowly moving backwards from your puppy with incremental baby steps. Only move away far enough to where you think your puppy can be successful. As time goes on, you should eventually be able to move about anywhere while your puppy stays in place on command. When learning this command, remember to go back to the dog while he continually succeeds in his stay position. Reward him with praise if he continues this position.
If there is any way to become pack leader of your puppy, it will probably be walking. It is likely that your puppy will not know how to walk at first. Having a collar and leash on might seem foreign to him. As you continually go through the process, he will learn to accept both the leash and collar. When walking your puppy, whether or not to use the command "heel" is beside the point. For the dog to walk beside you and not roam around or pull on the leash, you don't have to use the word heel. Walking at a brisk pace while also not letting your dog check out every tree or smell coming his way, will help you on your way to having your puppy walk beside you. Use a relaxed leash hold while also being quick to give a slight jerk to the side of the neck whenever he strays his focus from going directly forward. When you walk your dog you almost have to think like you're on a mission. Dogs are used to walking in packs. In this case you are part of your dog's pack.
Actually, as part of the pack you have to be the pack leader. To encourage this position over your dog, walk proudly with chest out and slightly in front of your puppy with slack in your leash. Your puppy should be positioned to your side and never in front. Again, move forward as on a mission to get from one place to another in a working kind of mode. Your dog will soon understand that this is part of his work for him to carry out. There's a time for walking and a time for smelling, pottying, and any other tangent activity your dog wants to do. If your dog needs to potty, wait till the end of the walk.
One of these essential puppy home training commands that dogs can pick up really quickly is the "sit" command. Simply say the command "sit" while gently pushing your dog's butt to the ground. Praise him afterwards either with a small treat, high-pitched voice praise, and/or a nice massage on his favorite spot. Repeating this many times will soon help your dog to know what to do when he hears "sit".
These three training scenarios will make great inroads to keeping your dog problem free. Various problems might come up along the way, but having your dog respect you will help a lot in avoiding various bad behaviors.
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