The Princess has a CD. But The Princess is not good at finding heel position. I decided we needed to work on this every day and the way to do that is to work on it when she gets her bedtime cookies. She gets two of these – well, really one broken in half. So that’s two reps a day.
I started having her target my left hand as it faced palm down, right next to my hip – given her average size this is a good focal point for her during heeling. We did that for a couple of days. As soon as she did target, I asked her to sit, then used YES (my marker word when I don’t have a clicker) and gave her the treat, being V E R Y careful to reward while she was in heel position.
Gradually I made it harder by leaving her in a sit, stepping away (and at odd angles) and then releasing her to find heel position. She got better and better.
We’ve been doing two a day for several weeks now. Time to test…so today she actually did it (nicely and enthusiastically!) at a hectic agility class! YEA PRINCESS!
now, what shall we do next for our 2 biscuits a day?
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