Holding something

Inspired by Sylvia Trkman's shout out for videos on variations of "holding" an item. How canine/people teams problem solve. I thought it would be fun to give a whirl with my guys.

We're just in the early stages, and I was surprised how much fun and cute this was to teach.  It's not at all something a dog does naturally holding something in this manner so the learning curve was a challenge to come up with ways to lead the dog in the right direction.

Here's our first session:




Here's Kee's second session a few days later:



This is the first behaviour that Keegan has gotten the hang of before Daizy!