Dummy training

Today, I started dummy training with Wesha. We are starting at the very beginning, with the "ground/start" and "front" position (Wesha does both pretty well now, because we have been working on these commands before). The other thing that we are working on now, is having Wesha take the prey dummy in her mouth and let it go again at "out". We practise this as follows: I take Wesha in "front" and then I offer her the prey dummy. I hold the dummy on the sides with both hands. As soon as Wesha takes it, I say "out" and she lets go of it (while I am still holding on to it). Then I give her a reward out of the prey dummy. At this moment, she doesn't hold it more than a second, but at least she takes it in her mouth properly.

She was working very concentrated today, until the end of the training. She was obviously mentally tired from being so concentrated all the time and she started to drift off a little and sniff around. But because she worked so well before, I didn't really mind.

Wesha "en profil":