the backstory is that jean has gotten really head shy over the years, to the point where she would run away anytime i got her collar out. lo and behold, turning this into a “trick” worked like a charm. now she’s happy and excited every time she sees her collar, and it has become one of our best recall tools.
you’ll notice i also often treat her when i take the collar off, so she wants to stick around after i remove her collar rather than bolting away from me. this is especially important since she’s a sporting dog (agility and fast CAT).
at the end are some tricks she already knows, just for fun. :)
Great stuff! That’s very similar to how we trained our boy to put on and take off his. We also used it for bandannas (which, let’s be real, dogs should wear) and now he gets to pick between two seasonal ones when we go out. Four of my wife is around to hold two more for him