Stay or Wait... a Subtle Difference

When it comes to words and our communications with our dogs, I am a 'literal' dog trainer. No confusion, no mixed messages. I like to teach a dog with clear, cue words. I call a spade a spade... or a Stay and Stay, or a Wait ... a wait. 
Dogs are actually able to learn hundreds of words, to be used in different situations and scenarios, they have they capacity and brain to be able to do this.
'Chaser' A brilliant book by John W. Pilley, a retired University Psychologist, who set out to create an experiment to teach his new Border Collie Puppy Chaser to learn words, reached the amazing 1000 words mark.
He bought toys for the puppy, gave them names, (labelling the toys cos John forgot) and teaching Chaser to go fetch... a named toy.
He describes having a pile of toys in his sitting room, of over 1000 toys. Chaser could 'Go Fetch' any toy.
Now we all know Border Collies are brilliant, but most dogs can learn maybe 20 - 30 different words, and many more, but all dogs are capable of learning. 
The more we stretch the dog's brain... the better and stronger it becomes.
So, don't hold back... create learning opportunities.
Use words with visual cues to enhance the dog's response. 
This is also relevant with the command 'Leave it'.
In my book 'Leave it' means just that.

So, when teaching your dog to 'Wait', or 'Drop' don't say.. 'Leave it'.
Teach and Train THE SPECIFIC WORD... use many words, be clear, don't confuse your dog, expand their brain. 
To Stay or Wait... that is the question... be CLEAR.
See the Info Doc here on the difference between a Stay and a Wait. Have fun!
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