This week with the new interns and new dogs, we have been going back to the basics with our cues. This next week, we are tasked with working with the dogs on Heel and Side, which are just the dogs being on your left or right side respectively. To get the dog to switch positions, we are working on Around, in which the dog goes behind you (while walking or standing) to change from a Side to a Heel or a Heel to a Side, which is really helpful when you're in public and you need the dog to change positions, the dog just does (it also helps if you see someone who might try to distract the dog while they're working and you're walking). We also are tasked with working on Closer, which is just having the dog get closer to you when you are walking or out in public. In the ideal situation, the dog would always be on a loose leash (so like a "J" is how Linda always describes it). Ganther will definitely need work on this because when he wants to see something, you're going to see it too and really quickly, or if he has to poop, he's going to make sure he poops RIGHT away. But like I said, he is so eager to please me that I can see just a little bit of work on it from my part and a few short sessions and he'll be well on his way to improving! We also are tasked with working on Tug, where the dog takes a tug rope and opens doors, fridges, close doors, and other such things. Ganther will definitely need help to work on this because last semester a door closed a little too quickly and now he's a little shy about closing doors. We're also supposed to work on Fix with the dogs. Ganther has this down pretty solidly, we've been working on it a little bit this past week.
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