Our dog training club uses Stay to mean stay there until I tell you to come to me, and Wait to mean wait there until I tell you something different.
I am currently struggling with Stop the dog on the good citizen gold award - test next week - as I stupidly used the wait command to stop Harriet and it is too late to change now....
Ah well, probably not going to pass it!!!
Could you not use 'wait' or 'down/sit' and then 'come' in that situation?, I imagine it is a recall with a stop half-way?
Good luck with the
test(sorry if a bit off original topic!!)