I want to believe that Juno's boxer nose helps with this behavior. I felt that my girls' pointy noses would become dented and mashed if I asked them to just do a nose touch. If only I had a squishy nosed dog my door would be free from scratches.
Hang tight with any final videos of the past tricks, I will start a new thread at the beginning of week 4 for final videos! Updated but not completed videos can go in the individual trick threads.
I know, right? Usually I put her in a down-stay on the futon in the background, but since she's struggling with shaping this I thought I'd let her watch up close and hope something osmosed into her brain. But she ended up just sort of hovering around offering sits and downs, lol.
I just spent a lot of time watching all the videos - what a great way to spend the morning!! Everyone is doing so great.
I'm going to try this one with Riley first and see how it goes... I've just got to find a door that I do not mind getting damaged in the process... I may get beaten up a bit as well. :rofl1: He's a paw whacker - but maybe he'll surprise me
So I decided to use a bait bag (the velcro ones that hold food) as a reward for closing doors and WOW. I'm rather scared to try it with anything less sturdy than the exterior doors. And I'm a little afraid to video it in case she breaks someone's ear drums. Excited Tipper is excited. And loud. And violent.