4.2.2 Come Into Basic Position 45
Training in progress. Some instances will be better than others. Iwan is still a puppy and motor skills take time. If you chose to use…
Training in progress. Some instances will be better than others. Iwan is still a puppy and motor skills take time. If you chose to use…
Anna places Iwan at 45 ˚ angle with the feet next to his. She reinforces for focus on the hand and releases. Once he is…
We release contact with the hand very quickly and build up duration very slowly. The dog needs to stay on the ground. If your dog…
Iwan is very comfortable to take 1 – 6 steps without hand contact. Important part is to make sure that all 4 legs are on…
Next step in Heeling Motorskills is to remove the contact between the dog’s nose and the hand. Anna continues as usual but randomly just for…
This is a wonderful exercises for motor skills and for physical and mental warm up. We hope you will continue practicing and incorporate it in…
Because we use our hands to lure so much, it might become difficult for the puppy to look at our face. You can try to…
Continuation of practice. Do not forget to reinforce the puppy for attention while sitting in-between your legs. Not only movement. Keep practicing.
Sometimes, when we withhold reinforcer for one step so we can reinforce the second step, the puppy might become discouraged. It is ok to go…
Anna is proceeding to the next step. Iwan is not now fed as he is moving around the leg. He is rewarded with the other…