That is where Bran is today :oD I'm having to race him to get the mat put on the floor or put him into a 'stay' whilst I sort it and then he's running over to it and throwing himself into a 'down'! I am SO proud of this boy!
'Touch' is going well too, although I've started to get him to target both hands instead of just my left and he is getting very confused if I hold my right hand out flat, palm down for him to 'touch' from below it because he'll put himself into a 'down' when he sees that - LOL! I've also started to increase the time that he hold his nose against my hand and have got him walking 7 or 8 paces with my left hand at my side and his nose against it the whole time. Good boy, Bran!
'Bark' is providing a great deal of entertainment for everyone. Bran followed me upstairs to the toilet the other night so I used those few minutes to get him to 'bark' just on hand signal ;o) He seems to need to wind himself up before producing a bark so he's finding it quite difficult to give a big bark without at least bouncing his front feet a few inches off of the ground, but he's getting there and probably 4 times out of 5 he'll now bark either in a sit or stand with all 4 feet on the floor. He's also now doing his best to put just big barks out there, although if I ask him to 'bark' at the start of a training session, he does still need to wind himself up with a bit of bouncing and a few "wuffs".
The new 'down' is absolutely solid now. He can do it with the slightest hand signal or a whispered verbal command and if I throw a few of them in during a clicker session, he's already hyped enough to do them very very fast!
I really do feel like an imposter after starting this blog to record all of the disastrous training sessions that were bound to follow and they've nearly all been really good! Boy, did I underestimate my gorgeous chocolate lad.
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