Family Scratch Off!

We had a family "Scratch Off". We were challenged to teach all five dogs in five days to dig on command. At least 4 scratches in three seconds. We succeeded! Of course, we turned it into a competition.... ;-)

Limit was the hardest to teach this to for several reasons. 1. He doesn't have a clear understanding of the marker system yet. 2. He has no patience and gets locked into temper barking. 3. His attention span is nil LOL

I finally succeeded in a breakthrough when I propped the white lid up on my body and marked for sliding down it with his front feet. I slowly lowered it and then when he was understanding he was to do *something* with his feet and the lid, I added frustration (my hand with food just barely out of reach underneath) and we got some paw hits which I rapidly turned into scratching. What a smarty!