UPDATE!!! The 3 Winners have been chosen! - youtubers- Splishsplashcrash - with Crash, TerraNik with Jedi! and JustJesse197 with Jesse have their names on all of the Ink Portraits!
News flash… if you get your dog to do this behavior in 2 weeks there will be a special prize, closing date is the 26th of December 2008. Prize will be- a postcard sent to you, painted by Splash! Postcard paintings will also be sent to the 3 WINNERS!
This is a clicker training contest! Watch the video to find out the full details. This is also a video tutorial on how to clicker train your dog to shake their head to say no.
Contest Rules:
1 Video responses MUST obide by Youtube Rules first
2 In no way will you be physically manipulating your dog with your hands or objects
3 The dog will be choosing to do the exercise on his own, and enjoying the process
4 No cheating!- Its a training contest!
5 3 Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 APPROPRIATE response videos. Each winner will receive an 8 by 10 inch ink Sketch of YOUR dog from YOUR photo!!!!
6 I have the right to decide who wins regardless of entry order
7 I have a right to change the rules at anytime I see fit
8 By entering you will be agreeing to these rules
9 Winners videos might be used in one of my videos, with your consent. Winners private information (address to send the prize to), will be kept private. You can read a more detailed privacy policy here- http://www.emilyspetportraits.com/privacy.html
This trick takes some time. I would keep lessons short and fun 2-3 minutes. You might spend a couple of lessons on each step. I spent about 3 days getting Splash to just enjoy targeting back and forth between the chairs.
Once your dog has got it move the trick to a new area to practice in. Otherwise you might have a dog that can only shake their head indoors near the piano.
If your dog looks clueless in the new location, go back a step. So if you have movable targets (like chairs) bring them to the new location, to give the dog a hint.
If you or your dog get frustrated, just go back a step.
I particularly liked the foot movement when Splash shakes her head. You could also get some freestyle moves out of this trick, for instance teaching the dog to take 2 steps to the left and then 2 steps to the right etc.
You could teach Nodding Yes with the same method, but with the targets above and below the dog.
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