Meggie is acing Basic Manners at Lucky Dog Training! She's rocking nose touches, sits, "Leave it!" and down stays, -- all while turning it into a tasty game. Adding recall fun and perfecting loose leash walking, it's all about rewarding that calm and settled vibe!
Pearls:
- Meggie is continuing to rock in basic manners group class at Lucky Dog Training Center. This week we warmed up with nose touches, short sit stays, and releases. We practiced brief down-stays adding duration while the handler steps or turns away.
- We introduced the "Leave it!" cue, where the dog avoids taking a dropped piece of food. Phase one of leave it is while your hand is closed, you cue "Leave it!" and as soon as Meggie relaxes off of worrying the treat in my closed hand, I reward her with a cookie from my other hand. Phase two is the same but having a treat in my open hand while Meggie leaves it and is rewarded with a cookie from my other hand.
- Continue to reinforce calm, settled behavior when Meggie is relaxed on the floor.
- We played recall for the first time, using "Meggie here!" as our cue. Always reward both cued recalls and captured check-ins.
- Loose leash walking is coming along nicely, with added steps and using the marker word "Yes!"
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