I'm also working really hard on getting him to stick his tongue out on command, but so far all I have gotten him to do is lick his chops. He won't stick his tongue out and leave it there, ever. >_< Bummer, too, because I thought that would be such a cute trick.
I taught Sophie this for her "class clown" demo.
I ask her "Sophie, do puppies eat poop"
and she drops her tongue, lets it dangle out and peeks up at me (so you can see the whites of her eyes)...it's so freaking cute and the kids..and adults in class laugh their butts off.
The way that I did it was to first click and reward whenever I saw her tongue. Once she "got it" and started to stick her tongue out for me, I added a quick, gentle hold of her tongue. I built this very slowly as I didn't want her to dislike her tongue being touched. When she started to stick it out and anticipate the hold, I just touched her tongue with one finger. I gradually built the duration of the touch and then just faded out the touch and added the question cue (do puppies eat poop)....
I taught Sophie this for her "class clown" demo.
I ask her "Sophie, do puppies eat poop"
and she drops her tongue, lets it dangle out and peeks up at me (so you can see the whites of her eyes)...it's so freaking cute and the kids..and adults in class laugh their butts off.The way that I did it was to first click and reward whenever I saw her tongue. Once she "got it" and started to stick her tongue out for me, I added a quick, gentle hold of her tongue. I built this very slowly as I didn't want her to dislike her tongue being touched. When she started to stick it out and anticipate the hold, I just touched her tongue with one finger. I gradually built the duration of the touch and then just faded out the touch and added the question cue (do puppies eat poop)....
