D'light working for his cat toy!

Here's the post on Finding a reinforcer for D'light in case you missed it.

Once we found out how much D'light loved his cat toy it was time to use it as a reinforcer when working.  What better place to try it out than at his session with Lori Stevens!

Lori and D'light start off with "touch" as a warm up and to gauge his comfort level with the toy at her studio.  He had no problem and was ready to do something with the cat wand.

 

 

 

 

 

We decided to see what D'light thinks about doing "weave between the legs".  This was his first time at trying the leg weave.  He's reinforced with food and the cat wand - interesting what's more rewarding for him!

 

 

 

 

Having lots of fun!

 

 

 

 

"Got it!"



Tug!!

 

 It was wonderful to watch as D'light is totally engaged with Lori wanting to work in order to get the cat wand!  The boy was on a mission to work the "leg weave".

 

 

 

Watch him in the video - he knows Lori has put the cat wand on type of the dryer.  You can see him saying "Where's my toy!"

 

And then it was time to play with the cat wand!  

 

This was a fun training sessions for all of us! There's no doubt we'll be using the cat wand and looking for other reinforcers that will motivate and engage D'light!