What could Bonus do at 6 months?

At the 3 following sessions, Bonus was there too, and she was the one who took her exam at 6.5 months old.

She needed to have fluency in the foundation skills for her exam (plus some tricks on top), and when she was 6 months old I filmed quite a lot to document what she had learned by then.

• Sit
• Down
• Spin (both directions)
• Four paws in a bowl
• Deliver ball to hand
• Hold fast (both plastic and metal retrieving dummy)

• Nose touch to hand
• Back up
• Back up onto something
• Go to target

• Standing position
• Standing position with box for better rear end control
• Step-by-step movements
• Turns

- Beginning of distance commanding with locked front legs.

In the videos Bonus is working with voluntary behaviours and I haven't put them on cue. I love working this way because I get a dog who begs to work with me and offers behaviours.

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