Here are our last videos, I'll start working on spin tomorrow.
Maisy, slightly surprisingly to me, turned out to be the best at it. She's one of those dogs who looks like she could hold it forever. I'm still using a lure in my hand at this stage but I'm going to start fading it now.
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I didn't do as well with Pip, but honestly I'm glad he was willing to get his feet off the floor at all. I'll probably continue to work on this on our own, but a week isn't long enough for he and I for this trick. I think he'll do better with spin, that's a bit more up his alley.
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Squash... so enthusiastic, but I had a harder time building duration than I thought. When he originally learned this, I loved how far up he flung his legs and I really rewarded it... but I think that makes it hard for him to balance for very long and so and just delaying the click and treat isn't working, he's just physically up and down.
I don't know whatever possessed me to do this, but I found that if I put my hands sort of on either side of him, he doesn't fling both legs up quite so far and he ends up being able to find a point of balance. As soon as he finds that balance point, I've been clicking and treating. Eventually, as he relearns his leg position I think he'll end up being able to do it as well as Maisy, but we will just need more time and practice.
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