playing dead
Your poodle is very talented with a very impressive resume of tricks. As for other tricks, you could try bow, dead, rollover in the other direction (they usually go in the same direction every time), sneeze or carry a bucket.
I taught Spike to play dead pretty easily. For him it was the pre cursor to rollover. First, I would have him lay down. Then I would sit on the floor with him. I would hold a treat to his nose and move the treat from his nose towards the floor in an angular motion. Spike would follow the treat until he was on his side. Sometimes I had to guide him towards laying on his side with my other hand on his side as well. Eventually I was able to move away from him and give hime the dead command while sweeping my hands across my body.
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