Love catching up with these videos!
Love the high rate of reinforcement with Tipper... he is really getting it.
I laughed so much at Zinga's closing the door with her back leg!
SkKi - Pit is awesome! I love the happy Sammy grin through the door too.
Omg - Fleetwood is just so polished! I love him.
Lol, I'm had many a conversation with Abby - 'You've already eaten it. Seriously I'm not lying. I saw you.' *sigh* Frodo is just adorable - I love his mad dash for treats too!
Boone is looking fantastic. I swear he is a natural showman - the way he prances to close the door... I could almost see him in a top hat and taking a bow.
Go Boone!
Juno looks great! I enjoyed watching the progression as you took a refresher course in door closing.
Squash is just terrific! Pip is having so much fun. I'm so glad you are enjoying the shaping.
Maddie and Bailey are looking great. Such high rates of reinforcement for both. Love that they worked out how to go around a more open door.
Didgie is awesome... love the progression. I love how willing and confident she is in offering alternative behaviours.
Beanie - the crew are looking great and having so much fun. I laughed so much when Pepper dove through the door lol.
This one is proving to be difficult for myself and Abby. Funny, because I didn't think it'd be so bad because she quite enjoys targeting. However, I'm having a few issues -
- Noise sensitivity - most of my drawers bang, my doors squeak or bang. Have been working on just playing around with the doors/drawers, opening, closing and rewarding. There is one cupboard that I didn't think to try in the dining room - I'll give that one a go as well tomorrow.
- Heavy drawers/soft touches - all my drawers seem to be on the heavy side. Abby's touch at the moment is feather light. I've been using a round target that I can stick on the shut door/cupboard but have also been picking it up and getting her to touch it in my hand which usually elicits a harder touch.
- it seems I still need to build value for the target
So I've been working on all this separately. I've been filming probably half of our sessions, but you guys really don't need to be subjected to it at this stage. It would make for some fairly boring and frustrating viewing.
On a better note, Abby is offering spin as a default behaviour almost now lol. So pleased. It's now going on cue - for once I have managed to resist naming a behaviour until I was really happy.
Sit pretty is coming along too, albeit a bit more slowly. Still trying to build up the strength and have swapped the chuck-it target for my hand because it was hindering my placement.