hey silver the whoa command is different than the stay command. its a way to stop your dog in the field, you can use it for many different things. to help steady the dog on point. to teach the dog to back another dog on point. i'm not sure the best way to describe it, but get a book and read about the command, but in my book it is the single most important command in training pointing dogs.

also i'm from kentucky. the bluegrass state