Golden Retriever Service puppy-in-training Kirby is too cute

This 3-month-old Golden Retriever is so sweet. Just love how he is being guided so positively by a yummy treat, his tongue licking at it like crazy.

blowing bubbles

Dazzle is incredibly talented and this trick is pretty cool. This is how Dazzle was trained to blow bubbles. (We previously showed a video of Dazzling Dazzle. Check it out if you missed it. It is incredible.)

Each dip to black is when we took a break. By “break” I mean I took her away from the dish, walked her around a little, and then came back. Just one to two minutes. I have found that doing that makes our sessions a lot more productive!

At the start of the training I did a lot of quick rewarding. That’s because if I didn’t catch just the nose dip quickly, she would start sticking her paws in the bowl. Using her paws is a behavior she tends to get stuck on a lot – thus the rapid clicking in the beginning!

At one point I saw that she got “stuck” and wouldn’t put her head any lower in the dish (beginning of the third session I think) – in case it’s hard to see, what I did was toss a cookie in the dish so she dunked her head in to eat it. I clicked when she ate the cookie and after that she understood to dunk her nose.

Also, when she first blew some bubbles I jackpotted her and then only rewarded when she blew, not just when she dunked her head.

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