The Crazy Faces of Leave It

Fiesta's Normal Face

If you have ever taken a class at Wags & Wiggles, you probably learned leave it.  Your dog is rewarded with a click/treat for looking away from the distraction and making direct eye contact.  Some dogs take the concept of looking at you to the extreme.  Sometimes their eyes bug out trying to look at you a little too enthusiastically. Sometimes you happen to capture an awkward head tilt with the eye contact.  

Here are the many faces of my puppy Fiesta with her leave it cue for her favorite toy, the nylabone.

Crazy Face #1
"Love My Bone, Hard To Look Away" 

Crazy Face #2
"I'll look very far away but I'm angry"

Crazy Face #3
"I'm more controlled"

Crazy Face #4
"There I did it, give me my bone or the cat dies"