I just love how easy it is to capture a moment on my cell phone!
Below you will find two very short videos of Hannah in class. My only wish is that I recorded Hannah just as soon as I saw her walking in the parking lot on the way in. Hannah was just like most young dogs. She totally recognized where she was and she was excited to be there. She wagged and sniffed and was clearly happy. Hannah totally seemed to know me and gave me a sweet howdy. On the way in, she aced the three steps down and then the three steps up.
I was impressed.
This is no lie. We are making stuff up as we go along. We continued to introduce her to people by stamping our feet twice the treating, and that is going really well.
She learned no mugging, just like I teach dogs with sight and hearing. We held out our fist with food inside and if she didn't back off and stop trying to get the treat with her mouth and paws then she wasn't rewarded. We are still using a scratch behind the ears as a marker that she did good and a treat is coming.
In class this week she learned that two taps on her butt mean sit. Check her out. She learned this in minutes.
And then we taught her the beginnings of automatic sit. When I go, you go and when I stop you sit.
I continue to be impressed.
She did so well in class in fact that her owner who has another dog at home, and has fostered quite a few dogs mentioned that in some ways working with Hannah is easier than with other dogs. Hannah's world is all about him and his wife. She has no other competing reinforcers. She is not distracted by other dogs, or toys, and pretty much is there with them all the time. She is content to just be around them and while I think they have challenges to face, there is truth in that statement.
We have no class next week because of the Fourth of July, but I can't wait to see her the following week. I will try to get more video.
Below you will find two very short videos of Hannah in class. My only wish is that I recorded Hannah just as soon as I saw her walking in the parking lot on the way in. Hannah was just like most young dogs. She totally recognized where she was and she was excited to be there. She wagged and sniffed and was clearly happy. Hannah totally seemed to know me and gave me a sweet howdy. On the way in, she aced the three steps down and then the three steps up.
I was impressed.
This is no lie. We are making stuff up as we go along. We continued to introduce her to people by stamping our feet twice the treating, and that is going really well.
She learned no mugging, just like I teach dogs with sight and hearing. We held out our fist with food inside and if she didn't back off and stop trying to get the treat with her mouth and paws then she wasn't rewarded. We are still using a scratch behind the ears as a marker that she did good and a treat is coming.
In class this week she learned that two taps on her butt mean sit. Check her out. She learned this in minutes.
And then we taught her the beginnings of automatic sit. When I go, you go and when I stop you sit.
I continue to be impressed.
She did so well in class in fact that her owner who has another dog at home, and has fostered quite a few dogs mentioned that in some ways working with Hannah is easier than with other dogs. Hannah's world is all about him and his wife. She has no other competing reinforcers. She is not distracted by other dogs, or toys, and pretty much is there with them all the time. She is content to just be around them and while I think they have challenges to face, there is truth in that statement.
We have no class next week because of the Fourth of July, but I can't wait to see her the following week. I will try to get more video.
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