Tonight I made the second set of exercises even more challenging. I added more random movements, louder clapping, and elevation changes. It may have been a little too much, as he broke a handful of times, but overall it was still excellent.
More and more I'm finding that his eyes are glued to me as I privately make a fool of myself. It's like he's thinking 'If I just wait here quietly long enough, she'll stop waving her arms like a nutcase, right?" Or maybe it's just concern for my mental health. Either way, I love it!
While his focus on me has intensified, his overall posture has softened. He does very little looking around the room, and has begun flopping down with his hind end to one side as he awaits his treat. The hair-trigger leap forwards at the slightest provocation is no longer in evidence. Tomorrow we move on to set 3!
Question: Now that I have a couple solid sets in a highly controlled environment, can I move them to a quiet outdoors spot, and keep moving along inside with the rest of the protocol? Or should I wait until I have every set perfected inside before I add a new level of distraction to the easiest ones?
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