Fluffyspoos

I haven't taught Vegas any new tricks for about two months or so, I'm running out of things to teach him. The last thing I taught him was how to open the bathroom door. Here's the rest of the list

Sit
Down
Stay
Stand
Rollover
Wave
Shake
Cross your legs (no verbal command, I cross my legs first)
Bite the air (rabies)
Cover face with paw (sexy poodle is shy)
Turn right
Turn left
Heel (walking forward and back with me, still learning walking sideways)
Front (sit in front of me, against me)
Kiss her (licks Vienna's face)
Outside (rings bells on door)
Out (leave the room)
Kennel
Back (walk backwards)
Hold (holds/picks up anything I point to)
Off (all four feet on ground)
Pull my sock off (gently nibbles around toes to find just sock, then pulls it off)
Treat on nose, waiting for cue word 'Okay!'
Achoo! (pull tissue out of box)

Does anyone have any good guides on how to teach play dead? Anyone have any other ideas?

I thought about having Are you a X? Animals, like, bunny to have him jump, kitty makes him lick his foot or something.

My dog needs mental stimulation! He loves training, help us out! (:

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sparkyjoe

Wow, you've done great!

One of my boy's favorite tricks was "Find it!"

I used a favorite (fragrant) treat and would hide them around the house for Gabe to hunt down. I started by placing him in a sit/stay and would "hide" the treat while he could see, and in a fairly obvious, visible spot.

I slowly progressed to where Gabe was in another room and the treats were hidden in fairly tough, not visible locations (and not just on the floor, but up on boxes or other raised surfaces). This made him really use his nose to find the prize.

I tried to be consistent in the number of treats I would hide so he would know when the game was over, but I also had taught him through the years that "all done" meant that the current activity was through be it the game, nail trimming, or play.

Good luck!

p.s. I never did teach Gabe "play dead" but he did know "on your side" which made nail trims and grooming easier.

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sparkyjoe

Oh, oh, oh!

Another fun trick that I taught Gabe was "Bump", which is sort of like the fist bumps that all those hip folks like to do. (No, I'm NOT hip!!! LOL)

Gabe had long ago learned "Target" which was the cue to touch my palm or the end of his target stick. From there it was easy to progress to where he "bumped" my fist with his nose; all I had to do was hold my fist out in front of me.

This was always a favorite with people.

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roulette

I've got a great challenge for you...teach him to read!! This girl is amazing:

YoYoPoodle's Channel - YouTube

outwest

I am teaching Bonnie to 'beg' right now. She has to be sitting and when I say 'beg' she is supposed to lift both front paws up and stay in the position. I started this with 'shake'. Then 'other paw'. Then 'both'. When I realized she was able to do both paws, I switched the word to 'beg'. She is doing pretty well with it, but just stays up for a brief moment. We are working on having her stay up longer.

I have also taught her to 'dance' where she goes up on her hind legs and stays there. Now she can hop along on her rear legs. She has amazing body control, so this isn't difficult for her physically. My last spoo was unable to go up on her rear legs (she had bad hips and a weak back). Bonnie is just about 37 pounds, so not heavy. Maybe that's why she can do this?

Here she is at the window. I was on the outside and said 'dance' and my husband was on the inside with treats and the camera (as usual). She got a little carried away jumping straight up. The other one is of her dancing in the kitchen:

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muffin

LOL She's so cute!! That's a pretty impressive list! I have never been fully successful in teaching play dead, but the closest I got with my husky was by getting her to do "roll over" and when she wouldn't go all the way around I would give the "play dead" command and treat her. She got pretty good at it, but whenever I tried having her do it in front of company she would be too excited and roll all the way over and not stay "dead" for long enough.

I didn't see fetch on your list, but I'm sure she already knows that! Also, you could teach speak and have her bark on command, then you can start teaching her "math" buy having her bark the same number of fingers you hold up. Like, you can say "two plus two is..." and hold up four fingers and she will bark four times! The way I did this with my shepherd was by holding out the four fingers and then I point to each finger and say "speak", eventually she understood when I hold up the four fingers it meant to bark four times. I jumped the gun and tried teaching different math problems all at once and it confused her, so I definitely recommend getting just one signal down pat before you try another. (You can always mix it up by asking two plus two, eight minus four, etc. As long as it equals the same number, it's the hand signal that they learn!)

outwest

That Math trick is pretty impressive sounding Muffin!

Fluffyspoos

Oh, yeah Vegas already knows 'find' as well, that's my cue for when he needs to find the ball/bird (for hunting and tracking) I did a bit with target/touch/place, but I haven't found a need to use it yet.

I've tried the Speak and 'Sit Pretty' ones, but I've taught the dogs too well not to bark, so they don't like doing it and its hard to get them to do it on comment, and with my strict 'off' policy.. I worked with sit pretty for an hour in the past, it was frustrating and I just couldn't figure out how to do it through ANY of the help videos online.

And oh yeah, he fetches like crazy.


Opening door

RABIES

Leg crossing

Find

hm.. what about turning the lightswitch on and off?

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MamaTiff

Fun tricks!

I am teaching Darby to play dead. But instead of telling her to play dead I point my finger at her like a gun and say "Bang!" and she lays down. Still working on her laying there on her back- she gets too excited and rolls or gets up right away.

How about "weave", to do a figure 8 around your legs? That's on my list on tricks I want Darby to learn.

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Fluffyspoos

Oh, yeah, lol Vegas knows the weave between my legs as well.

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