Training the "stay" command with another dog in th

[hb1]

Soldier is basically 4 months old. He walks VERY well on his leash...not perfect...but for his age I can't complain too much. When it's just me and him, he walks beside me and only gets distracted when he see's people. (wants them to pet him) He knows Sit, Shake, At ease (lay down) Roll over, beg and Kisses, Leave it, Down...I am probably leaving out a few. I need to teach him to stay and to heel. But when I do....Timber mutt comes over and bungs it all up. It's also rather hard for me without a second person. I have always in the past had a second person to hold the dog and assist me with "stay".
Soldier is starting his "humping" stage :roll: and these two commands I feel would help to curb this. What a dork he is when he tries it! Ugg!
He is a very smart dog...but very independant at the same time...does anyone have any ideas to help?

[ObedienceGrrl]

I use baby gates in my house when I do my training inside. I just gate the other 3 in a room and work with one at a time when I'm working on new commands. But once they have the command down, the distractions are welcome since the real world is not distraction free.

Or.....if the weather is nice (which it's not here) you can go and work outside. I do that in nice weather. That gets some one on one time.....and again, there are times that you can add distractions outside as well!

My lhasa had her long sit/down stay perfect INSIDE. The very first time I took her outside it was hysterical! I was going to run throught it just like in the ring. So I put her in a down, unlipped her leash and layed it behind her, pretended to take off an arm band and laid it down, then turned and walked 30 feet away. When I turned back around, Shasta was romping around the yard chasing bugs, flies.....grass, leaves.....just having a blast!! So I knew what we had to work on!!