Hi there. What an interesting class last night. So here's what we went over.
old
walk with me., come, sit, down, stay and go to your place
new
touch and hulahoop tricks.
I know it took a while for Jasper to calm down long enough to focus but I'm impressed with how you didn't lose your cool with him and kept working until he got his attention back.
Paulie was not too interested but remember, he WAS able to do pretty much everything you asked even though he was stressed out.
I'll remember to put the calming signal dvd.
The touch is for the beginning of control/focus when they're both being jumpy. You'll ask for the touch and reward that instead of jumping. Also ask for other behaviors when they're being inappropriate (over anxious OR exuberant).
ok. walking reminders. In the video I took of Jasper working I was pointing out the 3 ways to stay in contact with your dog (mouth, eyes and ears) so start with lots of food, eye contact and praise. slowly reduce the rate of reinforcement with food then reduce the talking and then the eye contact. NOTE: please know that you should be still rewarding with all 3 at random intervals. Keep your eye on your dog so you can mark the correct position or when they lift their head and look at you to check in.
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