Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Look at ME...NO NO ME..NO ME ME ME





Fun last night. Same angle, same shot, same cute dogs. There are worse things in life than endless cuteness.
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soulbrush said...

how do you get their attention like that? when snuffs sees the camera, she turns the other way!

June 28, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Debra Kay said...

They are all pretty much conditioned to make eye contact at this point. Part of it was obedience training-but a lot of them just naturally do it. Oliver is alive today because he sat still, made direct eye contact and said "get me out of this box right now".

If I want a really animated look, I'll hold a squeaker toy over my head.

Even if I'm just handing out treats, no trick required, I make eye contact with the dog who is getting the treat. Over time it's reinforced a couple of things-one eye contact is good, and two, I'm the decider.

A fun game is start treating the dog who is sitting, and only that dog. Pretty soon, without a word spoken, you have a line of happily sitting dogs.

June 29, 2008 at 7:42 AM

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