Since the very first week I had Harley I realized he was a pro-hopper! So I decided right away to use it too my advantage..
When he is in his x-pen I lean in, clap my hands and he jumps right up into my arms! Well I decided I wanted to teach him how to do this without a fence in between us.. lol Yea, it wasn't very successful! He would just roll over and show his belly or just sit there and stare at me w/ this head cocked to the side as if to say, "Are you insane? Just pick me up you goob!"
But I haven't given up and I taught one of my other dogs Zeus how to do it (wasn't too difficult since he wants nothing more than to be in my lap 24/7
) And I've made sure I have Zeus hop up into my arms in front of him but apparently he still thought I was insane and refused to do it. That is until this morning.. I was outside walking him as usual and decided to give it a try.. I clapped my hands and TER DA he was in the air at chest height when I grabbed him! Needless to say I was STUNNED!
But sooo proud! I instantly began praising him, rubbing his belly and ears and gave him a baby carrot when we got inside (his FAV!). And he's done it 4 other times today since then! Sorry I'm being such a dork but I'm sooo proud of my little fur ball! I mean, it takes a lot of trust and guts for that little dog to leap helplessly 4 feet into the air hoping his mommy will catch him!
