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Good morning!
The resilience walk was super – she had a good exploration of a place where she is probably going to be asked to do exciting things š and she seemed really comfy! Going through the tunnel was adorable and so was checking out the frog and admiring the gorgeous puppy in the mirror LOL!
She looked very confident, even when there were noise. She was scratching but I think that was more about the harness being something relatively new in her work and not a stress response to anything.
Note how she started engaging when you were talking in the beginning, so being quiet was better to let her really explore š
>>Hope itās ok that I did this off leash.
Yes, it can be without the leash in super safe spaces like this, then on leash or a long line when you are out in the big world (which is a good next step).
Prop game is going really well!!! It is a good choice of prop because it wonāt move and also because you and unfold it to make it bigger as she grows š
She did well sending to it, even as you rotated and send from being a bit more sideways.
One thing to add here is a bit more arousal by doing a bit of the ready ready ready and eye contact before sending her. That will get snappy behavior š and also help her see the difference between handler focus and ālineā (prop) focus. When you re-loaded your treats, she when into handler focus so the ready game will help that by clearly showing her when to shift her focus away.
Blind crosses:
Her engagement looks so lovely in such a big space. Yay! She was moving with you and engaging even in the āin betweenā moments. Super!!
>>For some reason I couldnāt interest her in tugging. Likely a combination of working in the new place and needing a more enticing tug.>>
Yes, I think a more enticing tug will do the trick – something big and furry and crazy š she was interested in it but when you stopped moving it, it as not enticing enough especially with the food smells around (you were working the tug in the same spot she had just gotten the prop cookies :))
To get her tugging in the new location, do some tug only games (like driving ahead) with a big crazy toy that you can drag around for her to grab š
>>I was super late with my blinds I think>>
Not always super late with starting the blind – it was the eye contact that was late on some of the reps which is why she had trouble reading the blind early.
Looking at the very first rep (:12) and second rep (:41) – starting the blind was good timing and then, more importantly, you opened up your dog side shoulder after the blind and got a little eye contact, so she made the side change beautifully.
At 1:03 and 1:28 and 1:45, for example – you started a little late but you were trying connect by looking down at your dg-side hand next to you, so she didnāt see the connection and made the side change at the last minute.
At 2:07 and 2:43 you had better timing of starting the blind but youāre looking down at your hand and not at her, so she didnāt make the side change as soon.
So, keep using the timing you used at the very beginning and the end – but reach back to her with your eyes, pointing back to her nose so you can see her eyes and she can see you eyes. That will help her make the side change immediately š
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>Itās funny; no sooner had I read your response about deleting social media, then Musoās breeder messaged me and asked when she was going to start trialing!>
Yeahā¦ā¦ā¦. LOL! There is SO much pressure out there. The road to success includes ignoring it all. Tell the breeder that she will start when she āgets clearanceā but donāt tell her what that means LOL!!!
>>Theyāre doing a breeding with Grifterās sister and Smidgen, puppies due soon.>>
Yes – I believe one of my friends is on the list š Summer is coming soon, you should get one too! #BadInfluence
Backside slices are looking good! I am not sure she needs the outside arm cue – she is very happy to stay out on her line and the outside arm might push her even further out (further than needed). So feel free to try the backside slices with less outside arm, or no outside arm (just a big connection).
Or, keep the outside arm if you like it LOL!! Just keep it low: the faster you ran, the higher it got – try to keep your hand at or below shoulder level (it was ending up over your head LOL!)
She was doing really well on finding the bar after getting to the backside – when you had a lot of countermotion, dropping the toy early REALLY helped enhance the bar (like at 1:59). When you didnāt drop it (early or at all) she was failing but either running around the jump or just coming to you.
If she just comes to you, like at 2:07: you were a bit too far past the jump, too much countermotion there and you were looking at her more than at the landing spot. When that happens, no need to freeze and wait for her to offer the jump – it became a 12 second stare down from your side of things and she legit didnāt know what you wanted. And even if she did go back and get the jump, it is not the āquestionā our handling had originally askedā¦ so it is better to just tell her she is cute and try it again, throwing the toy sooner and/or using less motion with your speed, or donāt get as far past the jump.
You dropped the toy sooner and were not as far ahead on the next reps – she saw plenty of challenge and countermotion and was very successful! There was one rep at 2:58 where you got to the threshold of her current countermotion understanding: about 2 feet past the jump and running, so she went around the jump. Try 2 feet past the jump and walking for now, then we can work the speed up to jogging then running as her understanding grows even more.
The reps on the Backside wraps video look good – just be sure that the wrap verbal is used on the reps where she is exiting very close to the entry wing, with a lot of collection. Some of the FC exits had you further across the bar, so she was doing more of a slice there (entering on one wing, exiting closer to the other, not a lot of collection).
The threadle was a bit too much for her in this session – she might need the threadle in a different session after all of the backside reps the threadle was not even registering š And you can give her a wrap verbal on the wing after the tunnel for more collection, and a clearer threadle cue – arm swinging back and the threadle verbal (I think you were using her name?)
Lateral lead out – When you get to your lead out spot, you can turn and face the takeoff spot more: when you are on the takeoff side, you can put your right hip next to the wing, your eyes on her, arm and leg stepping to the spot about 3 feet in front of the jump. And when you are on the other side of the wing, landing side of jump – it is your left hip on the wing and you are even a little more rotated to you can show the step to the takeoff side of the jump.
Once she sees that it is the jump, she gets it so that first rep is really important for feedback on what the cue means to her.
At :08 (takeoff side) and 1:12 (landing side), you were facing a little too forward so you were indicating the landing spot which she read as a cue to come through the gap.
At :55 you were facing the takeoff spot a lot more and it was definitely clearer š Yay!
One other suggestion – since this is a turn cue, be sure to drop it on the line back towards you like you did at 1:34 rather than throw it straight and long.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
Sometimes with adolescent dogs things do feel like spinning our wheels, but that is always a sign to switch to something else š You worked on the same behaviors here but it is better to switch to entirely different games on days when he just canāt seem to find the right answer.
>>in between sessions, I thought about what you said with higher arousal level helping his success. >>
Yes – could have been higher level of arousal at the trial, and also could be that there are too many failures in your yard (so he is coming in at a higher stress level before the training starts) and it is entirely possible that he has some pain memory from the yard from when his shoulder got hurt and you are seeing avoidance behavior (especially when he is not moving as much like in stays)
>>Back to square one with not knowing how to stay, forgetting how to serp, rolling on something stinky.>>
The lack of stays and the rolling were stress behaviors. The not serping was just not understanding the setup (more on that below). It is pretty normal that adolescent dogs āforgetā something they might have been fine with in the last session or in a different place.
So the main thing is to make the 2 failure rule a fully-embraced lifestyle. I think you recognize that there are too many failures but keep trying anyway. That leads to failure and punishment (by withdrawing access to reinforcement) which leads to stress because adolescents are far more reactive to punishment than to reinforcement (there is some cool science on this!).
I think the 2 failure rule will be life changing for you and him in your training š 2 failures is not 2 in a rowā¦ it is 2, period, in the session. The first failure is the yellow light, he has a question. The 2nd failure is the red light, full stop, something has to change before the next rep. That way you can train behavior without getting the stress built in.
For now, step away from any game that involves a stay right now – he doesnāt quite understand, in your yard, for whatever reason, how to hold the stay especially when you put the toy down. The reason doesnāt really matter right now š we can accept that he finds it too hard at the moment without worrying about the why. And trying to get it with a lot of failures if shifting the needle the wrong way. You can replace the stay on the flat with a bit of staying on a bed or platform, then add in the moving target in that context eventually.
If you want to work on his mechanics in the jump grid, you can hold him at the start and send him through it to the MM, so he can work his mechanics without having to deal with the stay.
On the serps – angle the serp jump towards him so when he comes around the start wing he can see the bar. Some of the dogs in the class needed the jump to be angled at a 90 degree angle at first, when the handler was moving. Your line of motion is the same as if the jump is flat. And over the course of multiple high-success sessions, you can angle the jump back to the flat serp position as long as you live within the 2 failure rule š
And you can add in a lot of the games that involve running forward, doing the thing, coming back, the tunnels, fast and fun! I think that is especially important in the yard so you can establish that high success level before going back to the harder precision behaviors like stays, serps, or proofing. Try the tunnel-wing games and also the wind in your hair variations (Go, decel, backside circle, rear cross) because those games are challenging in a different way š
Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>He actually really really REALLY hates to be grabbed and held, even if I try to do it positively. I have been working on that in non-agility training sessions but itās slow going.>>
You can do a little cookie lure to line him up at your side and the neither just send him directly, or slip a finger onto his collar then immediately send him – all without actually making him feel like he is being grabbed or held š
>>He would sniff and do his own independent thing even if I ran around, so I brought out the big gunsā¦ Dreamer! That got Kazās attention! I just did a little tunnels outside with them both, then I put Dreamer away and did a couple with Kaz by himself.>>
The more we learn about how dogs learn, the more we see that social learning is a real thing, and we can use it! If you have another dog that can model behavior you want (Dreamer!) then you can totally ask Dreamer for his help in teaching. Dreamer seemed perfectly happy to help š
So Kat was overwhelmed by the environment on his ownā¦ smells, heat, the great outdoorsā¦ but Dreamer provided the social support and modeled behavior for him, so you got great behavior but with Dreamer there, and then afterwards. So cool! His tunnels at the end looked great, and good for you for only doing a few!! So in places where he might struggle, adding a 2nd dog to assist in the social learning can really help him!
>>Then we moved inside because he really loves it inside and itās a bit cooler, and there are a lot fewer distractions. >>
Yes – it is a comfortable environment, in terms of having familiar smells and lower temperatures (heat is VERY distracting for puppies, because they brain processing gets devoted to dealing with the heat.
He did well with t he tunnel here! And yes you can fade the MM by gradually moving it further and further away, or even putting it off to the side or behind you š
It looks like you were lining him between your feet on some reps at the beginning and he seemed to like it! That will be a useful way to start him rather than holding him.
I loved him big entry on the first barrel wrap video – he was PUMPED UP to be there and that carried over to the barrels. YAY!! Lots of distances and commitment!!!!
At :39, you asked if he was tired alreadyā¦ maybe not tired, but definitely hot. Look at the size of his tongue! Running and tugging heats him up, so you can do maybe 2 reps, then get a water break or let him breathe for a second. He did come back and finish strong, after standing still to breathe for a few seconds.
You can start adding the wrap cues to this now, since his commitment looks strong! His tugging looks strong too!
And the 2nd barrel wrap video was after a food session? Looking great and I am especially excited about how well he was tugging. Yay! You can do an arm and leg send to get him to start, rather than waiting for him to offer. The length of this session seemed pretty perfect – the las rep was at about :39 then the rest was play. So for now when it is hot: 30-40 seconds is perfect for games with running and tugging (which is about the length of a standard agility run).
Was the last video where he was not coming back something that happened only at the end, or at the end of all the sessions, or when he gets a ball (looks like he had a ball with him). Does it only happen when his harness is on?
On thing to do is call him back like he is going to go back to the car, then send him back into the ring. That can help break the association between being done and having to go in a crate or a car.
You can also try the pattern game to get his engagement at the end of the session – that can work really well especially if he is having any car or crate anxiety!
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyMy mantra is “talk to the dog, not to the obstacles” š
And I use magnet fingers:
>>Do you have another ongoing class on your schedule?
I am glad you are having fun in class! MaxPup 3 opens for registration on the 16th!! Stay tuned for more info!
TracyGood morning!
The drive to handler/decel/turn is looking great! A nice by product of this is excellent attention and engagement outdoors, she did so well!!
Great job with your early decelerations, that helped her begin to coordinate her collection. You will see her get more and more coordination as you play this, and as she develops more coordination in general š
>>I think sheās doing great with this but I need more practice. I can definitely go further and faster. Iām finding it harder because sheās still so small but super quick and I donāt want to trip over her.>>
I agree, she is doing a great job!!!! So are you! And she totally figured out that the mat was the starting point. So with that in mind, you can put a cookie on a mat (while holding her) then move her away from the mat (carrying her while she is still portable like that LOL!) and the sending her to the mat. That should give you an even bigger head start to add more running before the decel.
You can also try it with a cookie on the mat, and a tug toy as the reward – this will work in going back and forth between food and toys quite nicely š And empty hand as a focal point as you decelerate will help her collect, then you can use tugging as the reward.
Driving ahead also looks great! She is definitely driving nicely to the toy! She seems to like the bigger red toy, possibly because it is more obvious and easier to grab.
She doesnāt quite know what to do with the dead toy when she arrives at it yet, so you were great about getting to her and tugging with her. That will help build up the grabbing of the toy and bringing it back. To get more grabbing the toy, you can mix in some up-close toy drops so all she has to do is grab it and then play with you.
>>Iām using my verbal āGet itā which is my Marker for chasing a thrown toy. Maybe I should start using āGo, Goā instead? Means drive ahead of me to the next obstacle on course.>>
Yes, the get it worked perfectly for now! You can do the get it marker for one more session, where you add a little more of your motion forward: when you let go of her, start walking forward immediately as she drives ahead. If she is happy with it and continues to drive ahead, you can add faster walking and maybe a little jogging (you can add running when she is bigger and can run faster LOL!)..
And when she is happy to continue driving forward as you are also moving forward, then you can add the GO verbal. The handler motion is part of the GO verbal, so I want to make sure she is happy with that before we add the word.
Wing wrapping is looking good here! You can refresh the back and forth rhythm at the beginning by doing the cookie drops without waiting for offering – then you can fade the drops out and let her offer. Think of it as a warm up LOL!
She did really well when you added the Kong bag! Super! And it was a very clever way to add more distance on the wraps without also making it easier to slide between you and the wrap object. Click/treat for yoU!!!
For the next step, you can replace the current wrap objects with a pop up barrel or hamper or giant cone (something that we will be using as we build on these games). Refresh the back and forth with that new object with you sittingā¦ then when she is in the groove, you can stand up and see how she does! If standing is too hard, we can find a middle ground of having you sit on something taller (she is still really small, so having you stand up might be a big challenge for now).
Goat tricks video:
>>I think I should maybe take some air out of this large disc for her? I have a giant fitbone that might work better. >>
Yes, the inflatables should be mostly deflated to start – fully inflated things are hard for adult dogs and definitely hard for puppies š And you can use the fit bone and the giant disc together, so she has a bigger playing field to get all of her feet on, not just front feet. This will also help her as she grows, so she has room to put her feet on the objects.
One front foot was easy here, and you had really strong click timing! Two front feet were harder but she did well! She did go across the disc when you tossed the treat to the other side but you can see that she had trouble figuring out where to put the weight in her rear to balance and couldnāt hold position. Part of that was the inflation of the disc, and part of that was the smaller size of the disc (she would have had to scrunch up to get all 4 feet on it, which is really hard). So you can use all sorts of your fitness stuff – several discs, the fit bone, anything that is easy to stand on, to create a big playing field for her to comfortably get all 4 feet on and standing a naturally balanced position.
>>The last weekend of April she stayed with my friend when I was away. My friend has a teeter out in her yard set to tip with just a 4ā³ drop for her older puppy. She wasnāt expecting Gem to interact with it but she did. On her own she was running back & forth down the whole board and loved the tipping!!!! >>
That is good news and bad news LOL!!! Good news – super confident little pup that is willing try things! Bad news – super confident little pup that is willing try things LOL!!! Because she was confident enough to run back and forth, I strongly suggest that you now block off any access to the contact equipment because we donāt want her to get on and have something scry happen (like falling off or a surprising loud sound). I have the contacts all blocked off in my field because my 2 pups (4 months and 9 months) are at the pre-adolescent life stage where they put themselves in precarious positions like wanting to climb up the dog walk LOL!!!
So since Gemma is showing interest in the teeterā¦ the teeter can do on puppy lockdown for a while LOL!!!
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! Lots of wonderful things happening here, she is doing so well!!!! Yay!
On the plank – I love how you got the plank in place and IMMEDIATELY got a cookie in to jumpstart the game. Perfect! She was all pumped up in a good way, and the cookie directed her focus really well. Then she was able to offer lots of good behavior and get rewarded. The power of that very first cookie set a great tone for the rest of the session.
One suggestion for mechanics:
When asking her to turn around, keep your hand low and slow – the high head position caused her to lose her balance.
And the sit on the plank at the end looked good!
You can add in toy play before (you might have done this), during (after every 4 or 5 cookies) and after so she rehearses the mechanics of the body awareness on the plank while in higher arousal too. She is ready for that!
You can bring this game to a longer plank, or put two planks next to each other side by side, to get her moving back and forth a bit more and adding in hopping on and off.
As a side note: she did BRILLIANTLY working for food here! You are doing a great job raising the value of food as reinforcement during āworkā and training.
She did well tugging on the wobble board! The hardest part is getting the pups to shift their weight back –
I liked your mechanics best in the section that started at :29 then again at 1:01, when you held your hands relatively still so she could balance and weight shift while tugging. Letting her dog the tugging with your calmer hands also allowed her to comfortable weight shift and balance. At the beginning, your hands we too active so she couldnāt really get herself set up into a good balance. And great job adding the āreliefā moments of releasing her from the board.
You can try moving the wobble board to a location where there might be a little more noise when it moves (but start by putting towels or something under it, so the noise is very gradually introduced to be sure she is happy with the noise).
Wrapping is going well too! She is bending nicely in both directions here.
Since your markers are in place, be careful not to do too much āyesā or āyeah!ā because those draw her focus to you (like in the very beginning when she came to you instead of bringing the toy back), and also the āstrikeā marker without the āyesā before it will help her look at the line and not at you as much. It is HARD not to say āyesā a lot, I feel that pain LOL!!!!!
At the very beginning, she took a moment to figure out what was happening. To jump start the wrapping, you can tap the toy on the other side at the very beginning on that first rep. Then she will have the āahaā moment and start offering more.
Once she got into the rhythm, she did really well! Very nice!! Moving the barrel further away was the right choice (at :58) but I think you moved it a little too far away so she had a lot of errors – try just inching it out, literally by an inch each time, so it is barely noticeable.
Also, she is ready for you to transfer this game to something a little taller like a pop up laundry basket – that gets us moving towards using a wing and also gets you standing up too!
So the next steps for her would be:
– Introduce the taller thing like a barrel
– Change the game to you standing up (with the barrel close to you, since the standing might be a challenging variable)We will be adding more to this game this week!
Great job here!!
TracyHi!
The thing about temperament tests is that while they are snapshots of the puppy in the moment, they are not the full picture and we can expect behavior to shift š So what might have looked to the humans like a retrieve, was probably not a retrieve – it was probably play solicitation. That is great though, I prefer play solicitation over a retrieve š
>But if thereās an object just on the ground somewhere, if I say go āGet itā, she usually doesnāt respond.
That is normal – she doesn’t even really ‘see’ it because it is not moving and it was not something she was focusing on.
>>I donāt think she fully understands what I want, Go Get that Thing and bring it to me, and donāt know how important it is to get this skill.>>
It is unimportant right now for her to go find something that is not something she was interacting with. The adult dogs have figured it out and she will too as she grows up, but it is not important to focus on for now – it is more useful to work the engagement games for now.
T
Hi –
>>So when working with the mat, Iām understanding you to say have her get on with all 4 feet to start before she comes forward to me, to then step back.You can do all 4 feet to start or at least the back 2 feet so she can step back onto it. More on that coming today!
T
Hi!
Yes, part of the art of puppy training is being an observer in-the-moment and making little adjustments.
>> I could tell I was using Yip prematurely or incorrectly.
And it is also a very simulating marker, which will draw her attention towards you – so using other markers will help shift her attention to different locations when we need that.
>>On resilience markers, itās a fairly new concept to me to have so many words. Not quite sure how to go about it, but will give it a go!>>
We will be very gradually introducing a whole lot of words in the coming weeks š
T
Good morning!
Fingers crossed for easy answers from the ultrasound! Are they looking at both sides? (Yet another thing I learned the hard way – aways ultrasound BOTH sides because only one side only gives half the picture LOL!)
Reacher dd well with the toy races! He definitely likes the flying squirrel frisbee and he was NOT going to be fooled by a cookie toss LOL!! Game on! And I love that he liked the toy. The big win on the 2nd to last rep was probably because he was looking for the treat – and the last rep got frozen in the video, I canāt get it to play that part (but it shows the tugging afterwards).
So since he is loving the racing elementā¦.
>>He was even trying so hard to get it one time that he totally flipped over trying to stop. OMG speaking of not wanting orthopedic issues Reacherā¦>>
Yes, he was so driven that he was splatting himself! But we can change the toy to help this – do you have a big hollee roller toy? That is perfect for the pups to run to and scoop up, no splatting. I have also shoved other toys inside it, like a tennis ball or a lotus ball or soft frisbee, to enhance the value of the hollee roller š
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
He is doing really well here! He is driving ahead beautifully š
Because the environment has a lot of distractions, he did best when you tossed the toy immediately after he was lined up, then you grabbed the toy and got it moving after you got to it.
That really jump-started the session and helped him ignore the environment and totally focus on the toy! When you have his focus like that, you can throw the toy further and further away so he can drive ahead more and more. Be sure to hold him by the collar like you did at the beginning, so he knows which side to be on and can watch the toy land – that sets up the driving ahead perfectly.Great job!
Tracy
Good morning! Lots of good work here!
>>The first video is Get it food. I do not see a problem with this. I do have to be careful how I offer food from the hand when JJ is in a heightened state. She wants to lunge at the food and can be quite demanding. I found that turning my hand over so that she comes in to the hand is a better situation for me.>>
I donāt see the get it with food link here, but I can totally relate about the drive to the hand for food- my youngest pup comes in hot for cookies, like something out of the Jurassic Park movies, ending up with my whole hand in his mouth. Ouch!!! He does this even when he is not in a heightened state LOL!! I think he simply doesnāt have a lot of body awareness with his mouth, so I have to train it like we train hind end body awareness š So I have done a lot of work with the food markers and getting him to take food from my hand gently in any state – and also figuring out ways to present the food (like in an open flat palm, or tossing it) so he can be successful during shaping when stimulated. So yes, be sure to turn your hand over for her so that you can deliver reinforcement while protecting your flesh.
Toy switching – she has lovely toy drive and yes, the 2nd toy was VERY EXCITING š One thing that really helps get the pups to focus on the āotherā toy we want them to switch to is if *we* focus on the other toy, ooh-ing and ah-ing over it, and completely ignoring the pup and the toy she currently has (you can gently hold the current toy, or have the pup on a leash so you can let go of the current toy). When we shift our focus to the new toy, we are using enhancement learning and the pups will come over to check it out, āforgettingā the current toy. When we try to engage the pup and focus on the pup, we actually enhance the toy they have so they keep playing with it š Enhancement is one of the non-operant forms of learning that we use all the time with pups š
And since she loves food, you can totally trade the high value toy for a low value treat (if there is such a thing :)) This is what you were doing in the toy-food video and it went really well! I love the trading as a no-fighting way to get the toy back, even after high arousal tugging like she did here. And it helps us rehearse going back and forth from toys to food to toys, which is incredibly useful for training and for working in different arousal states. This session went great!!!
Toy races – first rep went great! Rather than try to get her to bring it by moving towards her (which moves the dogs away from us :)) you can move the other direction and trade for another toy or a cookie
She drove past you nicely even with the cookie toss starts! Make sure she sees the toy thrown before you toss the treat – on the 2nd rep of that, the toy was thrown a lot later and I donāt think she even realized it was out there. But the last rep had the toy toss first and then the cookie toss, so she TOTALLY drove to the toy LOL!
>>JJ would get free from me before I could get her collar so that was a bit of a challenge,
It looks like she was getting more stimulating (which is part of the goal of the game, to teach the pups to āworkā when they are more stimulated like they will be in sports later on in life), and with that stimulation came some Herdy/circling behavior which made things challenging for mechanics because she was slippery!
So in the mechanics before each rep, you can slow things down to emphasize the line up: tug tug tug, get the toy back (cookie trade makes it easy), tuck the toy into the hand that will throw it, use a cookie in your hand to line her up at your side (she will probably be happy to follow a cookie), gently take her collarā¦. Then throw the toy to begin the next rep. That builds cleaner transitions to the next rep, and it also allows you to help her rehearse lining up even when she is very stimulated. Using the cookies as a focal point in the transition make it very very easy for now, and we can fade the cookies out eventually.
On the wing wrapping video – I think the amazon box was so tall and wide that she had trouble seeing you and seeing the bowls, so she had not quite established the back and forth and was waiting for you to drop the cookie – so moving it further away was causing the freezing behavior as she waited for the cookie drop. So using something smaller will work better like the laundry basket you mentioned. That will make it easier.
Offering going behind you is rewardable for now (we actually havenāt told the dogs anything to the contrary, and it is a moving offered behavior, so we take it for now LOL!). And since we actually donāt want her to go behind you, yes – sitting on a couch or standing against a wall will totally help her stay in front of you.
Great job here!!! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
