Day 29

Trailer training day 2:

What can I say?  Two feet in two days!  Hooray!!

Today I did a lot more of the circle game mixed with squeeze game in front of the trailer ramp.  (Thanks to Gail again for the advise!)  Each time he came around in front of me, I was one-half a step closer to the ramp until he had no choice but to go over the ramp.  Well... once we got to that point, I eventually got him to put one foot on the ramp, and we took a break.  When we went back to it, he was willingly pawing at the ramp, and even put one foot on it several times.  He just didn't want to step up onto it with both feet.  So we tried a new direction:  straight in.  And, wouldn't you know it, he put both feet way up on the ramp and stayed there for a second or two!  We ended the session on that very happy note.

Thanks to Alicia for being there to coach me through the sticky spots.  You are a fountain of wisdom!  :)

Will we make it three for three tomorrow?
I'll keep you posted...

~Jackie