I've been a bit lazy with training lately. Between a yoga injury (don't laugh- it was awful) and job hunting (I got it!), I've been busy, stressed, and just not in the mood to train.
Still, here's our second trick: wave!
This was taught by targeting and a bit of shaping. She already knows to offer a paw to a hand target, so I just moved my hand up higher and higher, and then clicked for movement. Simple.
This trick is not under verbal cue, it's not under stimulus control, and honestly? I don't really care. It's a trick, and people are just so darned impressed when your dog can sit on cue (even if it takes a second cue), that I figure this will suit my purposes just fine.
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Cute! But you still didn't add the 2nd wave in!
Go back to presenting your target (hand or lid whatever you used) and move it away a just before she reaches it, then Immediately re-present it so she attempts a 2nd wave. Most dogs won't put their foot down in between and Maisy is already keeping it up in the air until treated. Or you could just shape it :)
This is awesome. Maisy is too cute. Congrats on your new job. Hope you love it!
~Dee
I want your cat to wave too!
Good job!
I do have a clicker kitty (not the one in the video though- he's on a highly specialized diet, complicating, though not preventing, training with him). I haven't done MUCH with my clicker kitty, mind you, but he can nose target and I once shaped him to enter a crate on his own.
Did Nicky get a treat, too?
This is so cute! She looks adorable.
I like that you don't care about being super strict with your criteria. In my opinion, tricks are about having fun and nothing else. Worrying about being perfect, isn't always fun.
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