Week 3 of Clicker Class

Rosa was absent this week. Reggie was in the room instead of behind the door. Occasionally Tessie shared her opinions, but not often.
We seem to start with our teacher walking around checking our attention, sit, and stand. Attention is still pretty much non-existent. Our teacher said to click and treat whenever we "catch" her looking at us. This is really hard to do. When she's looking at me, I tend to not have the clicker or treats. (So start wearing the clicker and treats. Yup.)
This week we introduced "down." From a sit we slide our treat hand away and down on the floor in an L shape, and they're supposed to go down. If I put my hand in a fist and put my hand on the floor, Emma hops onto the floor. It's cute. It was really fun to watch her try and figure out what we wanted. She sat, she stood, she sat again ... it was awhile before she would lie down. But we got it.
Walking on a loose leash is hilarious. She wants to stay close to her poppa so "in class" it works with Curtis, but as soon as we're outside of the classroom, she pulls. In class when I tried the loose leash walking, Emma insisted on putting me between her and everyone else. I want her on the left because I'm right handed (reasonable, ya think?). Emma kept moving to my right, so I would try to be in the way ... and we would end up on the wall. I just ended up laughing. Curtis was shaking his head.
We have had success with loose leash walking during the week.
The recalls work, and we practiced outside, that works too. We introduced the "run away recall" where you call your dog, and when they approach you take a few steps away, and when they catch up to you you get all excited and click and reward. Emma likes this, too.
Reggie pranced over to his parents. It was really cute. He was all "aw shucks, I'm coming."
Emma loves "settle" in class, and when Alfie came over the other day, I used it, and she eventually did figure out I wanted her in her bed. I noticed that she stopped barking quicker when I tried the settle. So I'll keep using that.
We don't have class next week because of Memorial Day.
Curtis has no time to practice with her. He really needs to make time.
On a side note. I have to reset my password each and every time I post. I contacted blogger and they haven't been helpful. This is a real pain in the neck.