Goal:
Have puppy take a few steps back
What you need:
Non-slippery floor
Something for you to sit on
Cookies
Your puppy
What to do:
Put a cookie on the floor or in a bowl, away from you for the puppy to eat
When puppy comes back towards you, put a cookie on the floor between your legs for puppy to eat
As puppy backs up after eating the cookie on the floor, mark + treat from your hand
Put another cookie between your legs for puppy to eat
Repeat steps 3-4
What the progression may look like:
Cookie between your legs, puppy has to back up a tiny bit after eating the cookie
Cookie a little further inside, puppy has to take 1-2 steps back after eating the cookie
Cookie closer to the chair you are sitting on, puppy has to take multiple steps back after eating the cookie