So for those of you wondering what squishing looks like…here are a couple of short videos.
You’ll notice that she offers it very easily and waits until I release her. Then we tug tug tug. Note that we are in the agility ring, and what you cannot see is that there are classes going on around us. She really does not care about that at all.
I’m translating this to the start line. Her cue is “Get Ready”. We are now working on generalizing this in many different locations. Today, we did it in Columbia Park where there was a myriad of distractions and she did a really nice job.