Clever Elmo

Elmo learnt his first "leave it" today. He picked up my slippers and tried to walk away with it. I tested out the "leave it" command with a treat of chicken breast in my hand and guess what..he actually dropped my slippers and went into a sit position. So applying the clicker rule of "click" followed by treat, I "clicked" and treated. Being the "clever" Elmo that he is, and boy does he learn fast, he continued a series of "pick up slippers- drop-sit", "pick up slippers - drop-sit" for at least 5 minutes and with each series I clicked and treated. Now I really wonder, did I train him on "leave it" or did he just train me on how to treat :-) Oh well. He's cute nevertheless.