It's cold but it is one of those days you are happy to live somewhere where it snows.
We went for a walk this morning in the fresh snow. He was great until he sticks his nose in the snow and then he ears turn off :). We will continue to work on this. Walking away and hiding still work they just take a minute or so but the name not so good.
I wanted to work on shaping today. We did nose touch and backing up.
I actually got a couple of nice back up steps, even better he lied down and I waited until he got back up and rewarded him. I am still percolating what Christine said "the next reward-able behaviour". He lied down and I waited with no eye contact, took a bit maybe 15 seconds and he got up, I rewarded right away but the next time he lied down I didn't reward until he had gotten up and moved a paw. He stayed engaged the whole time.
The nose touch I think I was pushing too hard for number of reps. So I rewarded 1 rep, 2 rep, 1 rep, 4 rep, 1 rep, tug, 1 rep, tug. Seemed to work well good enthusiasm and focus.
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