These are our first attempts at food games (mouse, catching and food tosses) and then we tried to incorporate some moves outside on the drive. Suki really enjoys the chasing and catching (food is easier, with a toy, if its run and catch / grab, she will run off with it and do her own victory lap!) I need to go back to the lectures but our attempt on the drive (she's on a lead for safety), I found interesting that when I went to hide the food for eye contact, she gave me such a cute middle so that we could start again and she did look like she was having fun but it was very muggy yesterday too so session was kept short. Daft question please - with the kong hand, do we release our fingers slowly for the dog to access once they are driving in and is this better to do with something like a cheese stick or stick with kibble and just slowly unwind the fingers? Thank you! @Alex Lato (Sorry - another quick question! During the early stages, should we be finishing the game at the final stage i.e. teasing, hide the treat and done or should we be giving the treat to finish in the early stages then fading this out? Apologies, daft question but just wanted to double check thank you)

This is our attempt at social play. Your comment this morning re the confusion over food ni the training space made complete sense. (We did try this before the call this morning - doh - will try a different room tonight). We tend to get stuck in the licky face place (last night's attempt, we tried to play, I laid on the floor, Suki started licking, I tried to roll away to break - realised I had my hair under her foot but she was so happy giving me a licking shower, we just stayed there a bit longer). She gets really confused if I start jumping / running about and will just treat it as a distraction exercise (oops!). We finished the session when she said I'm done (and then she ran off to find her own prize, a stinky sock!). Should I have finished the session earlier before I lost her and should I have encouraged the use of the toy in this play at this stage? Thank you @Alex Lato https://youtu.be/vkzh38EHD7k

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