Platforms and Continuation of Stays

After our last session where I worked with Bandit on just a bit of position work, using the two finger target, I decided to start back with a bit of platform work with him.

Bandit has already learned, though shaping, to put all four paws up on the platform.  We have also done some preliminary position work using the platforms.  We have not done this in a while, though.

In this session, I do work with him on building familiarity with moving into all four Freestyle positions.  Obviously, for traditional Rally he only needs heel and center, but for Cyber Rally-O we will want side position, too.

We also work a bit on our stays.  Because I do not want to build a default sit, we also start work on him maintaining position as I start to add motion when he is in a down and in a stand.

This video is mostly unedited.  Edits were made only to remove extraneous waiting.  All training content for this training session is included.  The good and the . . . not so good!