A reliable Stay can be useful in many real-life situations, such as having your dog stay safely where you put her while you clean up a broken glass, or sit and stay as joggers and bikers pass by while you pick up after her on a morning walk. One of my favorite times to use Stay is when I come home from an evening of teaching classes: The last thing I want is for all my dogs to be swarming around me like bees. So I ask everyone for a Down-Stay and they quickly and willingly ob