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Originally Posted by SirTeddykins  I have trained Teddy to sit, lay down and stay and he does this beautifully with the camera (there are some examples in my albums). His behavior is reinforced with treats and praise, of course! He was also taught SEE ME which I use with a click of my fingers. In this way, he will focus on my hand and the click so I can position his eyes and face in the desired photo angle.
It's worked a 'treat'! Took a few months of practice, but worth it in the end, since I now have a POSER for a puppy  |
I like the see me, it is probably like "watch" at my house where they have to make eye contact. My husband's setter knows that command, but Teek has not gotten it yet.
Snapping my fingers at my house is like starting to count to your children. When I snap my fingers the dogs stop whatever they are doing because they know that mama means business. People come in my house and see me snap my fingers loudly and the dogs just freeze to see who is doing something they shouldn't be. People get quite the kick out of it. It actually works better than when I would start counting when my kids were misbehaving. It is much more affective than even saying anything to them. They both know the Leave It command though so sometimes I follow it with that, depending of course on what they are doing.
I have a hard time getting a good picture of Teek. I usually end up taking 30 and then deleting 25 of them because he moved or looked away or quit being so cute.