Our day yesterday was pretty normal. I had errands to run downtown, so took Gimme for a long walk around Capitol Lake. The carnival is being set up for Lakefair and we were there close to lunch time. Gimme put a lot of effort into extra cuteness, in hopes that one of the carnies would share. She's certain there's something wrong with those people, since not one of them did.
Class last night was a bit wild. All the dogs were unfocused and acting out. Every last one. Gimme was no exception. We continued working on stuff, even though Gimme was not really making headway at anything. She'd do about three repetitions and then give me her "Izzat all you got?" look, before finding the rest of the room more interesting. I spent the whole time switching from one behavior to another to keep her attention.
Then at the very end of class she finally got her brain in gear and focused. By then we were working on the light switch behavior. This time we had a toggle switch and this mock-up was hooked up to make a little tone when they flicked it up. We worked in short bursts and then took a break. I used jackpots whenever she flipped the toggle and just one treat for strong nose touches. By the end of class, she was flipping the switch in a very deliberate way.
It was good to have my genius back.
No comments:
Post a Comment