The first is of me training Morgan in the 12-step heeling
method.
http://youtu.be/PbvA00ldwUk
We are at step 15. What you do is heel starting
with one
step, dog touches your palm with her nose, and then do two steps,three steps
and so on to 12 steps. Then you start over with one step for the next set of
12. We have completed the first 12 steps and we are on to the next set of 12. I
see a lot of mistakes in this video. First, I didn't once reward her at step
12, next, I turned back and looked at her when she lagged instead of stopping
and starting over. I know there were other problems but those were the ones that
stood out to me the most.
The next video is of Morgan and the dumbbell.
We have been having so much trouble with her kicking the
dumbbell and chasing it that I have tried to throw it into a corner. That has
helped with the kicking but it has also slowed her down. Mistakes I made here
are so many that I don't even want to start listing them. The ones that I hate
that I did were the ones where I lost focus on my goal. I wanted to concentrate
on a clean pick up. Instead, I got annoyed that she was going so slowly and
tried to speed her up. I even threw a play toss -oh so WRONG.
How the heck am I going to teach her not to kick the
dumbbell when I reinforce it by throwing a play toss. Not only that, you will
see that I even gave her a treat after she kicked the dumbbell. ARRRGGGG!
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