Tessa is learning the trick “Cop-cop” – your feet on mine. I started off having her go between my legs and then target my feet, one at a time. She had a hard time targeting both my feet at the same time, so I came up with this idea, teaching her to put her front paws on a stool and then put her front paws on my feet while I’m standing on the stool. I am working on the position with Tessa and then, I will remove the stool or transition to a book or shorter object. This technique is similar to the Kikopup method except you stand on the object rather than having it between your legs.
Tessa’s rear end awareness – pivoting exercise [video]
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.
Tessa howls while squeaking a toy [video]
Tessa loves to “sing” along with her toy while she squeaks it!
Tessa talks to Mollie [video]
Here is a movie of Tessa as a young puppy trying to entice Mollie to play. She got Mollie cornered and now she is asking her to play…
The music in this video can be found at: Freeplay Music
Tessa howls [video]
Here is a movie of Tessa playing around. She likes to throw her rawhide and then pounce on it.
Tessa plays frisbee – practicing distance [video]
Tessa practices frisbee with distance as well as “jump up” and “paws up” on rocks and “dig.”
Impulse control and fetch [video]
In this movie, Tessa plays impulse control games – she is only allowed to get the toy when cued “Get it”.
FrisbeePup [video]
Here is a short movie of Tessa playing a frisbee when she was a 11 week old puppy.