This week, our trick consisted of "gimme five". The trick went very well, and most of the dogs picked up a very vigorous high five by the end of the class;most of the dogs would shake, so the transition to up high went very quickly. Unfortunately, both classes were about half size due to the snow.
We did take advantage of the small class size and fast learning to do some individual work with the dogs. We got some very nice downs using the clicker, and on a few of the dogs, we backtracked a bit and returned to target training. I think everyone needs more practice sessions at home to help the dogs really grasp the whole idea of the clicker game, and to get them to start showing us some behaviors we can shape.
The hand out for tonight can be found here Next week we will be doing a pick pocket trick with a bandana and a sneeze as the cue.
We also had our second dog bowl meeting, which went well despite the weak turn out. The next meeting will be in a month.
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