| The reason for bringing the hand forward in front of the dog's face not your own body, is that it mimics the motion the dog is to follow in order to step forward into the stand. I tend to use the right hand for both but whatever is natural and comfortable for you. Slow down your stay signal as well. I use the fast signal (your nose is going to be bomped) for the moving stand in utility as that is a very brisk exercise and the dog is already on its feet and moving forwards so what I want is an adrupt stop. I think you risk having the dog pull back from or at least not move into the signal if you use that rapid might get bomped signal for this exercise, which puts it into or keeps it sitting. The stand requires that the dog move its front forward with only the rear holding place and remember, there is no rush for getting the dog into the novice stand position.
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