I know I should be working on roll over or something, as per the trick of the week, but I got bored/frustrated and decided to play at something else!
Foot stalls and rebounds!
I've always thought that Cohen's relatively long back and comparatively short legs have made hind end precision tough for her. She does decently well, but could use improvement.
This is a quick video of our first session with a prop to help with foot stall & foot rebound training. I'd found that Cohen wasn't hitting solidly with her back feet on rebounds so I opted to give this a try. She also wasn't confident in her ability to sit/stand on my feet during a stall and normally opted to lay down and sprawl. Our first session with the prop has yielded some promising results.
Hard cover large book + durable sweatshirt = results!
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Oh, also, here's a photo of her hug-da-bunny trick. :3
Note the dirty paws. She'd just come in from running around in the mud.