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Cheryl:
Mookie and Cecil can do the roll-over. It wasn't difficult to teach them.
I started with Mookie. I just held a treat (Cheerio) between my fingers, in
front of his nose, so he knew it was there but couldn't get it. Then, while
gently pushing him over on his right side, I swung the Cheerio around
counter-clockwise so his head followed it, and he completed the roll
naturally. Then he got the treat. I did this a few times in a row each day
for about 3 days, until he finally rolled over without getting the manual
start. He still remembers to roll if he doesn't get his treat right away.
I then tried it with Cecil, and it took him about 2 Cheerios to get the idea
right away. He's become a mad roller, and will roll to try to get anything
he can't get himself. He rolls for treats, or to get us to open a door, or
when he's fighting with one of the others. One time I didn't give him his
treat right away, so he rolled 6 times in quick succession until he finally
got it.
Psycho and Cocoa won't learn. Psycho's attention span is too short - he
can't concentrate on anything except potatoes for any length of time, and
Cocoa is just too sophisticated to demean herself for something as trivial
as a reward. Much more satifying to climb up somewhere and knock down
something fragile or liquid-filled.
Stan, Terrie & Jen, with Mookie, Psycho, Cecil & Cocoa in Toronto
[Posted in FML issue 1448]
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