Chase and the dumbbell

Mr Woofers blowing his Christmas photo shoot - naughty boy!!

After a week of rain and dreary weather I got bored and pulled out the old dumbbell and grabbed Chase. School is was in session, heh.

After one quick and fun session, Chase was consistently touching, even banging a little, the DB bar with his nose. Including it being held in various positions. Good boy.

Today he is touching it when placed on the ground, jumping up to touch it when it is held over his head, and in various other positions. I've now started to put it on a random reinforcement schedule. Again, no problem.

Sooo that means I need to get ready to step it up. Next step is mouth on the bar. Oh goody, this should be fun. I'll spend a couple more sessions on randomizing the reinforcement, then it's time for the "hard part".

Oh, interesting. I also decided to start using a verbal CR, so I could have both clicker and a word in case I didn't have a clicker with me. I'm surprised, but Chase is doing even better with a verbal marker. Hmm...