In this video, I’m again trying to activate Rocky while taking the advice into account. When I take hold of his collar, he immediately releases the toy, so at one point I allow him to grab the toy without a marker, and later I reinforce holding even while I’m holding his collar. He continues to try to keep a bit of distance and offers backward movement, whereas I would like him to be more active / to bark closer to me. In any case, this attempt feels slightly better to me than the previous one 🙂

@Alex Lato I tried having her outside the room while setting up the camera, thinking this way I could maybe capture her excited spinning around when she knows we will do something. But I think this amped her up more resulting in the bark

@Alex Lato another day another try to play and then get food!

@Alex Lato some social interaction with breakfast!

@Alex Lato So as a reminder, I don't want barking because it makes my boyfriend uncomfortable. I also suspect it's more frustration than excitement. I'm not really sure if this is play to her or just annoying 😅 This video is from coming home after a walk. She wants her food. It's the easiest moment of the day to get interaction like this, but it's difficult for me to know if she likes it