Zooka and Blitzen love to their off leash walks. They love to engage with me. They love to work. They also loves treats. So doing some training during our walks is and win-win for everyone. Let's see how our distance work and our stays are looking.

The video starts with me asking Zooka for a Down/Stay. Some cues you will hear me say. Some cues are given with hand signals, so you might see my hand signal in the video or not.

Once Zooka is in his Down/Stay, I walk away. Then I can Blitzen, who starts moving toward me. But you see him drop into a Down when he's on his way to me. That's because I gave him the hand signal for Down. And he did it, where I asked him for it.

Distance work means I am asking you to do something farther away from me. I did not want him to come to me and then lie down. I wanted him to Down at a distance. And he did. The Down at that distance implied that he should stay there, but I also added in a Stay just to confirm that he was to remain there.

I walked over to Blitzen to reward him. I released him. Then I turned and walked back to Zooka, who was still holding his Stay. I rewarded and released him.

Very good boys!