Luckily this tear drop finish biz has been the way to get her into heel since we started training. We are only a few practices in but wanted to show her stuff. Also our fiddle leaf is dead and I refuse to get dressed today.
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Lovely!
For sit and down, be aware that she is anticipating being cued to sit after you ask her to down. Anticipation isn't necessarily a problem, but it's something to be aware of, in case a problem does arise - such as when she pops up to a sit before she's asked. The key is in balancing how often you ask for one thing versus the other thing, and which things you reward. It looks like she is seeing an uneven value in the sit, since she also needs 2 cues to lie down, once. She might be thinking, "Why should I lie down? You're just going to ask me to sit again. Can we skip the down and cut to the chase?"
So
1) Reward the down more for a little bit
then
2) Consciously vary which one (sit or down) you reward when you do puppy push-ups
There is a lot to be said about anticipation! I'm going to stop myself now.
During one rep, she lies down, you say "yes," and then have her sit before you feed her. Don't ask for anything additional after "yes." She should just get the treat in her down if you she is lying down and you say "yes."
Tear drop looks good!
Wrap looks good. You can add that sit back in now, but lure it first (high and LEFT) so that you are showing her body where to go. Do a "direct lure" like I had you do in her front practice. Don't give her a sit signal. Just like she rocks back for the sit signal in front, she will likely swing wide for the sit signal in heel. We need to reteach the motion with luring and barriers. But she's ready for that!