More Fun and Practical Trick Videos

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Pack a suitcase

I was bored on a rainy day and wanted to do something creative. She already has several behaviors that I used here. I just had to put them into one chain with new props. It really helps when dogs have vocabrary. Some of the behaviors I used here are “Touch” “Get it” “Box” “Stay” “Ball” “Paw” “Pull” “Down” and I added “Hide” as you see it at the end. When the chain was complete, I added a new cue “Suitcase”.

Trick #22

Trick #21

Trick #23

Tricks #15-20

My Class assistant

Bang contest

Let the dog out

Nose trick – Marshmallow version

Read the label

Saw this trick on “America’s Best Dog” show a few years ago. I thought it was really cute and that it was a good way to teach the dogs good impulse control. It also teaches the dogs “Take it” “Hold it” and “Drop it”. It’s very important that you can get your dog to drop something after he puts it in his mouth. This cue could save your dog’s life. Frogs, sharp objects, onions, medications, golf ball and the list goes on. The key here is that he still wins at the end. He learns that when he drops something or control his urges, something good happens at the end.

“Hugs”

It’s important to reward both dogs when working with 2 dogs – active and passive behaviors. The lab actually had the harder task. Sitting still while another dog puts her paw on him is not easy. He was rewarded heavily for this. The Border Collie was rewarded only if she offered the behaviors after the cues were given. I did not want to encourage her doing these unless she was asked.
Other examples of tricks to put on cues are “Paws up” “Up” when working with pet therapy dogs. You don’t want your dogs to put paws on a bed or jump up on a chair until you asked them to.
Clean Up 1
Body parts

Kill it

Booger

Clean-up Version 1

Cross-over

“Naughty” (Prayer)

Different cultures have different ideas about crate training. My husband is from Australia and he had the hardest time crating “his” dog  when he was a puppy. He says it was a cultural thing and I do find that to be true sometimes. To me, crate training is not just for potty training or confining the dogs for control. Just like we get them used to collars, leashes, strange people, loud noises and nail clippers, I want the dogs to feel comfortable in it. You never know when they might HAVE TO be in a crate; at the vet’s office, seminars, even during a hurricane season etc. All dogs should be at least get used to being in a crate.
To convince my husband that dogs can love crates, I taught both of them to “Open” “Get in the crate” and “Close”. I threw the third video in just for fun, even though he didn’t do it perfectly. It’s cute how he is trying to stay in the crate as he closes the door.

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