OK – I think we got some shaping! Somehow my cue is now a fist with my right hand held slightly across my body (I think that was my version of neutral position while shaping??), but she is getting it! And I think I can probably fade that. Here you go:
We started with roll over, as I’ve never been able to teach a dog this past the luring stage. 🙂 This actually went pretty quickly for Mochi, but it took me a while to figure out which way she wants to go. And interestingly, she has a very strong preference! I couldn’t get her to roll to her right to save my life. Sorry if this is super long – I tried to cut out the play and stuff in the middle. And we also had a helper/distractor cat.
Looking forward to your feedback! We will do some more work with it today & tomorrow, because we are supposed to get snow. :/