Ali is a star!
Written by Deb on November 1st, 2007
A week ago we got a call from a company looking for a yellow Labrador who was obedience trained and would hold a pose lying down with her head flat between her paws while holding an ice bag on her head. I decided Ali was the most likely one for this activity so started training her a few minutes a day to put her head down on the floor on command. I did this using a clicker and treats. Fortunately she is quite food motivated and by rewarding at first for any movement of her head towards the floor I was able to shape the behavior I wanted.
Today was the photo shoot and she did great! In fact she did so well they took some extra poses including outdoors and said they would be calling us again when they needed more shots. It was a fun afternoon.
Caleb says “Way to go Mom!”
“Mom” says Happy Birthday Caleb!!! (and Jazz and Kash)