After our work yesterday with the rug, I decided today that i was going to go back to using the clicker (or to be more precise, a tongue cluck) with Faith.
well this went very well. I managed to get some detangler into her mane using a soft brush, and I very nearly managed to brush her tail out properly (something she detests), while she stood calmly.
I also did some work with her feet, as soon bending will be an issue for me. In typical Arab fashion, she decided that if I wanted something, then I could have it with bells on, and she started lifting her feet for me in the most exaggerated fashion she could manage!
Then I decided to do some more work with the rug. However Faith was so excited about the clicker work, that she became very 'in my face'. This was not aggressive or even muggy, she just wanted to make it easy for me to reinforce her by standing VERY close to me. If I said she poked me in the eye with her whiskers you would probably get the idea how close close is!
So I abandoned the rug idea, and we did 'Grown ups are talking' instead. Again I got it with bells on, and now she will wait patiently next to me, head flexed ever so slightly away, and wait to be reinforced. However, I also get very audible theatrical sighs, and a general air of 'Fine, just ignore me then!'.
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