This is a proofing issue. Essentially you just need to work up to that level of distraction in small, patient increments.
I'd start with Dr. Overall's Relaxation Protocol, which is a good all-purpose impulse control exercise and also, secondarily, operates as pretty decent Stay proofing:
Looks like some good reading and ideas....I'll take some time and dig into these approaches as my 16 month shepherd could learn to take an edge off at times.
i taught "stay" but i noticed as we moved on with training i could
give him a command and he waited for the next command before
moving. i think we teach the automatic stay when we correct
dog the dog if he moves after a given command and that goes for
any command (don't move untill the next command is given).
i taught my dog "go to your", "go to your crate". he also
knows "no barking", "quiet" and "stay". the way i taught
him how to "meet and greet" was i invited a lot of people
to visit. to avoid barking i use to tell my visitor/his visitor
to walk in the house and make a big fuss over my dog
and treat him. i did this because i wanted him to think
the visitor was there to see him and he was going to get
some praise and a treat. i told the visitor how to react
and what to do if the pup jumped on them. if he jumped
on the visitor i told them to gently push him away and
say "no jumping". after the visitor entered the house
i would say "go to your crate" or "go to your bed" and i
would immediately lead him to his bed or crate. then i
would say "down, stay". he's not only learning how to
"meet and greet" he's also learning "go to your bed/crate",
"down" and stay. at some point you want have to say
"down, stay" because he's going to learn "down" and he's
going to wait for his next command before he moves.
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