I don't like it when dogs 'door dash'. Trying to beat everybody, including you the human, both to the door and through it. It's rude and it's irritating and it really ticks me off, especially when some red headed brute is stepping on and/or pushing off my bare feet to get ahead of me. That shit hurts!
DuPont has always had a little problem with impulse control. Door dashing can be tidily categorized in the impulse control slot. So we work on it. Every day.
Pont has been with me for well over a month now, and I've loved every rude, frustrating minute of it. And after several weeks of working on this daily, we're finally solid enough for me to be able to get it on video. (I didn't attempt to video it prior to this because I didn't feel like breaking my phone when Pont ultimately pulls me through the door)
So without further adieu, here is DuPont, working on his door dashing impulses!
I should point out, so you don't have to, that we actually failed here. Both of us. 'Yes' is not his release cue, so breaking his sit/stay at the reinforcement word is incorrect.
Sometimes you just have to look at the big pictures though. He sat quietly and gave me eye contact in front of an open door. An open door that he really wanted to bolt through.
We're working on it.
Happy Friday, friends!
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