There's a "dog show" happening near me next week with catagories such as "prettiest eyes" "best dressed" "best walk with style" etc...

It's for charity so I figured I'd enter the boys. Gambit, because he doesn't know many tricks or anything yet, I will attempt to wrestle into Ryuk's iguana costume to enter the costume contest and when that fails (which it will) I'll let him do the hotdog eating contest and live with the consequences. With Ryuk I'll be doing the trick class. We can do one trick.....Ryuk's got a few. So...

Weave, Sit Pretty, Bang Bang (play dead), Prance (I think I'll be saving this one for "best walk", Frisbee catch (only one), spin/twirl, paw/shake, march, "verse" (reverse through legs), Crawl, Roll Over, Search (run around different objects, there will be nothing to find so it will be like he's barrel racing), or something else (I've got a week to teach him) or even something simple like his competition heeling which is very flashy combined with weaving. We're permited to use treats or toys or any of that.

I've ruled out anything that makes him look vicious or aggressive and the speak or howling commands because he sounds either vicious or he'll break people's eardrums (he screams)

but what do you think?

Jamie,
Would it be possible to teach Ryuk to wrestle Gambit into the Iguana Costume?

Where it is for charity I say go with whatever is the most fun for you and the pups. BTW Gambit has some pretty eyes, less side effects than hot dog gorging.

Most importantly post pictures and video!

I'm with Sheila, lots of pictures please.

And I wouldn't shelve that screaming trick too quickly. Might be entertaining if you can dream up something that may appear to make to him scream.

Ryuk...how would feel about me dying you blue? Maybe have him give a little growl.

Okay, what about pink? Screeeeaaam.

Should we leave your coat just the way it is? Maybe have him do a couple of happy spins.

Not sure what charity it is but maybe you could incorporate their name into something that he could scream about.

It sounds like a lot of fun.

Okay, I want to see the iguana costume.

What about a reverse crawl? I've heard that called "moonwalking" before and it's pretty cute if your dog has some pizazz. Dress him as MJ if you want to make a bigger impression that way.

Yeah, I'd also not do the screaming thing. My ACD can hit notes that make me wish I were deaf. In the metal-roofed office it's even worse.

Sounds like fun, no matter what you decide to do.

Can they do some kind of trick together?

Imagine the workout a dog would get at a fair, charge people $5, sign a waiver, then they strap on a bite suit and get tackled by a dog. Actually an interesting idea.

But since that wouldn't work at the dog show, you could try doing combo tricks like others suggested. Could dress 'em up in a western outfit, and do a showdown where you go bang bang and he dies.

A fun one is to print the charity information on a cloth or T shirt and then have a member of the audience place it out with decoy cloths. "Which charity are we here for?" Dog goes and picks up the cloth with the scent... Could be cute