This is a rear end awareness exercise that teaches the dog to move his/her rear end around while keeping his/her front paws on a book, mat or stepping stool. Rear end awareness is a foundation for complex behaviors.
This is just the beginning of this exercise. I still have to teach Java to do free rotation and eventually remove the mat.
This is a rear end awareness exercise that teaches the dog to move his/her rear end around while keeping his/her front paws on a book, mat or stepping stool. Rear end awareness is a foundation for complex behaviors.
This is just the beginning of this exercise. I still have to teach Tessa to do free rotation and eventually remove the stool.
I’m also working on this exercise with Java, so I’ll post a movie of her doing it soon.
In this movie, Tessa plays impulse control games – she is only allowed to get the toy when cued “Get it”.