Originally bought to keep Flint eating (that's a whole different matter) I have discovered that not only can I deliver it to James' mouth in the correct place as white flesh against black face is easier to see but also that James does not want the chicken to fall out of his mouth either.
This morning we continued to work on him understanding that if he put his feet in the box then I would give him a reward. He managed to stop the spinning long enough to actually eat treats with his feet in the box. Not totally sure if he fully understood what or why. The main issue is only that he is realising that we will do things together that we be rewarding to him and even more rewarding if he does something I want him to do.
We then broke off to work on play. Another wonder is a glove puppet and we even got some tugging. Real energetic, head shaking, tugging and he LOVED it.
After a walk in the garden to attend to business it was the time of the chicken and crate games. I love crate games. They teach dog and handler so much if done for the right reason and with time to spare.
James went mad for the chicken and very quickly learned that I would produce this tasty reward when he went in the crate. I only did 3 repetitions then will work on it more later.
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