**i've had several requests to commission/purchase paintings by shayne, if you are interested drop me a line and i'd be happy to talk about it it with you**

This is a video for Rewarding Behaviors Clicker Trick of the Month Contest!!!

This trick has been in the work for MONTHS. I started teaching shayne to paint with a brush but we both started getting frustrated with that so i opted to try something a little different. I taught shayne to get her feet in paint then stand on/run to/run from/spin on/etc a canvas.

It took nearly 3 months just to get shayne somewhat comfortable walking in the paint... it's slippery and i'm sure a strange sensation so it took lots of patience to get her as okay with it as she is now (though she still needs encouragement the first time she walks through).

I taught her to go stand on the canvas and taught her to stand in a tray (and to differentiate between the two). Then pretty much just desensitized her to the paint. I also did some work teaching her to push a ball across the canvas... she did that once on the outdoor painting (the yellow streak)...but she then licked the paint off her nose LOL!

I used a cheap children's finger paint (tempura) to start with since i wasn't sure how she would respond etc.. i will likely use acrylics when we improve since it will last longer once i check safety information.

We've had so much fun with this... shayne actually has come to enjoy the painting...jsut not the paint! LOL or the feet rinsing afterwards!

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P.S. i painted the canvas with acrylic to prime it for shayne's painting work (less info)