Wrong: Eager to please, the trainer got the dog to sit on the first try. (The trainer isn't eager to please, the dog is.)

Right: The trainer got the dog, which was eager to please, to sit on the first try.

Also Right: The trainer got the eager-to-please dog to sit on the first try.

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