Fun with Dogs!

This is a BAT session with Jellybean going to my mother who is a relatively “safe” person for Jellybean with the reward being bacon and chest rubs.

Sorry I had the camera set for indoor lighting so the video is hideously overexposed but in general I feel very good about this session!  I feel like I was relaxed and kept Jellybean well under threshold and she had a positive experience - she got BACON so how much better does it get?!?

I think, in all, we did about 6 or 7 reps (there were a few initially where you could only see my mother’s knee which I deleted from this cut.)

It is VERY clear to me that her chest is the ONE spot where Jellybean actively appreciates being touched by people.  One of my concerns with asking people to pet her on her chest is that most people will be standing and that that puts them in a looming position to reach down to touch her chest.  I did get a very slight cued “wag” which is something I have been working on in hopes that it would change her emtotional response to being touched by people other than me.