Goal:

  • Have puppy walk/trot over the pole at their normal pace

What you need:

  1. Non-slippery floor

  2. One long “pole”

  3. Cookies

  4. Your puppy

  5. Optional: Two bowls/dishes for cookies

What to do:

  1. Make sure the pole does not roll by weighing it down

  2. Place one bowl/dish on either side of the pole

    • The distance between the pole and the bowl/dish should be approximately twice your puppy’s stride length

  3. Put a cookie in bowl #1 for puppy to eat

  4. As puppy eats the cookie, walk over to bowl #2 and drop a cookie in bowl #2 for puppy to eat

    • Because we want the puppy to focus forward (i.e., towards the direction of the cookies), we let the cookie in the bowl be the incentive

  5. Repeat steps 3-4