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Progressing nicely
Jul. 29th, 2009 06:10 pmDahlia is now doing a "sit pretty" for 2-3 seconds without balancing on me. I sort of shaped the whole thing (without using a clicker). The steps went like this:
1. Ask her for a sit pretty while holding onto her paw and lifting upward just slightly, which made her bring her other foot up.
2. Ask for a sit pretty and let her bring both feet up onto my legs, so that she was resting with her legs on me.
3. Ask for a sit pretty and when she tries to rest her feet on me, step back and tell her to try it again. You could almost see her mind work! She looked at me for a second and then tried it without resting against me. It took her a moment to really get her balance, but after a couple tries she figured out how to balance properly for a few seconds.
We'll keep at it, but I think she's getting it. It's not a behavior I'm really going to "proof" as it's not an important one, but I do want to see if I can show it off at the work picnic this Saturday! Last year she was only just getting "down"!
1. Ask her for a sit pretty while holding onto her paw and lifting upward just slightly, which made her bring her other foot up.
2. Ask for a sit pretty and let her bring both feet up onto my legs, so that she was resting with her legs on me.
3. Ask for a sit pretty and when she tries to rest her feet on me, step back and tell her to try it again. You could almost see her mind work! She looked at me for a second and then tried it without resting against me. It took her a moment to really get her balance, but after a couple tries she figured out how to balance properly for a few seconds.
We'll keep at it, but I think she's getting it. It's not a behavior I'm really going to "proof" as it's not an important one, but I do want to see if I can show it off at the work picnic this Saturday! Last year she was only just getting "down"!