Jackie Stevens Webboard User Reg: 09-28-2004
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Quote: kelly byrd
What I think is funny, is I've got an incredibly intelligent dog. He's easy to train, and learns super fast. When out in public recently, someone asked me 'does he do any tricks?'. I start thinking about all the cool stuff he can do. Bark and Hold, Blind searches, focused heeling, tracking, retrieves/jumps over crazy high things...
I've never taught my dog how to shake hands, roll over, spin, or any of the cute tricks everyone thinks all the smart dogs know. Lol.
How many 'dumb' tricks does Logan know? I actually caved recently and bought a trick dog book, just to give me ideas.
I caved on this one, too...for wintertime. I caved so bad, I bought 3 books...LOL. MoJo learns everything faster than my mind can make things up, and in the winter, the snow is up to our butts, and hard on his arthritic hips...so inside SAR (find and rescue treat or toy)...he knows how to play the shell game (a treat under one of the three paper cups, then the quick switch...he wins everytime...the nose knows )...and the regular silly dog tricks...we combined play dead with crawl....so I "shoot" him, he crawls, then falls over dead...to the delight of anyone who is new to see it. I have him "get" things for me, too...different toys...ball, frisbee, kong, squirrel...
Boring or not, long leash walks are good for both of you...my husband is kind enough to plow paths thru 7 acres of pasture, it's always the same walks...but they still dispel energy...combined with indoor games, he's tired at night.
Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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Logan knows only a few but:
Climb (usually playground equip)
Careful (go down slide)
Sit-up
Under
Through (go through something or weave between my legs)
Oooo (howl)
-unexplainable subtle gestures- (means terrorize another pack member; jump on them, snatch something, lick them, snap teeth in air next to them) LOL
My Chow/setter mix Sport used to know a lot, she would even growl, paige (paw somebody), retrieve an item to a specific person...etc.
A tired dog is a good dog, a trained dog is a better dog.
Koenig can easily navigate a playground- we use 'step' for ladders, and everything else is just an agility style finger. Teeter, dog walk (walk it), Aframe (climb) tunnel, are all easy names for him, and he'll jump anything I put in front of him. He'll retrieve most things, and I once started teaching to names to stuff (keys, phone, book, remote) but as for silly parlor tricks, we have 0!
Ben McDonald Webboard User Reg: 05-25-2011
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I keep my girls nose busy with playing hide and seek with my kids. Kids will go hide and she has to find them to get a treat from me. Comes in handy if I need to find my kids outside.
Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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My dog loves find the toy games...but he is very loud when i have him tied and I'm hiding it. At a playground I will just put him in a stay and hide it but at home, he just see's where I hide it so he has to be tied around the corner.
Oh I forgot one trick he knows that's very useful. In the spring when I am tilling the garden I taught him to dig and help me and also he knows how to extract giant roots. He even smells them out and then digs and pulls them out or chews them off.
A tired dog is a good dog, a trained dog is a better dog.
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Re: Ideas for bored dog and owner
[Re: Kelly Byrd ]
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