Frank Pt. 1 - How to Start Progressing Look At That and Reinforcer Placement Influencing Arousal

The first part to Frank's day at school. We warmed up with our usual find-its, and then dove into more regarding the Look At That game for just a little bit, but he seemed quite winded with it, so we moved on to another topic that can help to influence and manage our dog's arousal level. By feeding our dogs low or on the ground, we usually can watch through their body language that placement of the reinforcer generally lowers their arousal versus when we feed above their head where they have to jump/reach for it generally raises their arousal. Using our voice through marker words and cues, we can also influence their arousal, in most cases.