Itty Bitty Puppy
Goal:
Have puppy move their front feet from one target to the other target
What you need:
Non-slippery floor
Two low, stable platforms
Ideally the platforms are identical, but they don’t have to be
Cookies
Your puppy
What to do:
Place the two platforms side by side, with a slight gap in between
Approximately the distance between your puppy’s front feet
Lure puppy to put their front feet on platform #1, mark + treat
Lure puppy to put their front feet on platform #2, mark + treat
I use a combination of slight body movement (i.e., moving to the side) and my hand with cookies to lure the puppy
Repeat steps 2-3
Slowly increase the distance between the two platforms to encourage side stepping