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.
Here is a movie of Tessa playing around. She likes to throw her rawhide and then pounce on it.
Tessa practices frisbee with distance as well as “jump up” and “paws up” on rocks and “dig.”
In this movie, Tessa plays impulse control games – she is only allowed to get the toy when cued “Get it”.
Here is a movie of Mollie begging for her wet food. I normally feed her earlier, so today she was extra vocal. : )
These are Tessa’s very first tricks, performed when she was 11 weeks old.
Here is a movie of Tessa playing frisbee and performing some tricks.
Tessa and I went up on the hill behind our house. Tessa practiced paws up and jumping onto the rocks. When we got home, she enjoyed a quick swim in the pool!
The music in this video can be found at: Freeplay Music