Awesome job! Any ideas of how I can teach my Missy to "roll out the blanket? I have a blanket somewhere I think... any suggestions?
I think the way I have seen suggested is to roll up a blanket with treats scattered inside it so as the dog pushes the blanket to unroll it it finds the treats, then you fade the treats. I'm guessing Missy already knows how to nose target an object which I think is all the ground work you would need to try that method.
If any of you have ideas on how to get a dog to hold an toy sailboat mast in his mouth without surreptitiously grinding it to smithereens with his teeth I'd love to have some help! I've tried clicking for a momentary hold but Zac WON'T hold without mouthing and then it seems like he's stopped but really that's because he's got the object in his back teeth and he's grinding down on it, then there's a crunch and whatever you asked him to hold falls out of his mouth in two pieces. A long time ago I tried to train him to carry his lead and he seemed to be doing great until I asked him to "drop" and the lead was in bits, that was the end of that trick!
