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Alright! We left off with the addition of those nudges/pertubations to the noodle. If you remember, we had this gnarly graph showing the skill up to this point. If you think this is overwhelming, imagine what the dog feels. So what happened after this? What Happened Was... At this point, I was starting to get the idea. I was oversimplifying everything up to now. Weirdly enough, just holding something and swinging it isn't a thing a dog normally does, so in reality it's pretty

Plans never go according to plan.

The final step! Can Missile do it and become a true sword-dog?

Time to slice and dice!

We have all the skill ingredients we need, let's combine them!

He is now worthy of the blade.

We ran into a problem. This is how we're going to fix it.

Alright! In the previous two posts we taught Missile to engage with the sword , and then we taught Missile how to grab it properly . Now we're going to spend a moment to get him to actually hold it for more than 3 seconds. Ideally much, much longer than 3 seconds. But why is this a problem in the first place? That's a very good question! To answer that, take a quick look at this video: He's trying his best! For those of you who have seen it already, that's from the "Hold Obj

So in the previous blog I talked about how I was getting my dog to pick up a sword. I also pointed out how I wasn't focused on getting him to hold it right as long as he held it. So that worked! And it worked exactly as I said. He grabbed it without any real care as to how because he has no concept as to how. He's a dog. And despite what videogames and anime may tell you, dogs don't know how to use swords. Various dogs that actually know how to use swords. Missile, demonstra

So yeah. I want to teach my dog how to use a sword. That's it. Do I have a reason to teach him to use a sword? No, not really. Is it practical? Nope. Is it cool as hell? Yes. So what I have in mind is pretty straightforward in concept. I want a dog to swing a sword like Zacian using Behemoth Blade in Pokemon Sword and Shield. For the uninitiated, it looks something like this: I can't really replicate the explosions, and in real life it probably won't look nearly as cool, but