Day 9

Hops

Think of this as their version of a pop squat! All we’re trying to do is having them jump up into the air as if they are a dolphin jumping out of the ocean.

Try and have them do this from a standing position and lure them with a treat and use a command like hop to get them to hop up like a bunny.

Depending your dog, they can jump up vertically like a rocket ship or on a slight angle forward, then follow thru and land softly with their jump. Some dogs will raise their front feet up too or some will look like seals, either way is fine.

You may need to walk backwards to help them hop up and move forward, so watch where you’re going.

If you need to do a paws up on you command first you can to help them know to propel up, otherwise the goal of this is to have them follow thru with the jump and landing compared with the paws up where they stop.

Advanced – Some dogs may actually be able to stay up on their back end while hopping!