Friday, July 27, 2012

Dog Health Questions: Cant think of anything new to train my dog...any cool trick ideas?

my chihuahua/italian grey hound mix "Millie" is INCREDIBLY smart. ive had her 9 days now. she came from the dog pound knowing absolutely nothing.

so far she has learned:
sit
lay down
take a bow
high five (one paw)
high ten (both paws)
stay
come
back up

this is all in 9 days mind you, so she is super smart and aims to please, i really want to teach her something new (in a few days tho, im giving her time to master these ones though she pretty much already has)

ooo also, when she is sleepy and doesnt want the toy im trying to give her, she will push it away with her nose... then if i keep doing it (just to see what she does) she will cover it with the blanket she always lays on and go back to sleep haha... and if she is sleeping, and i wisper in her ear "millie, wanna go potty?" or any other thing, she will cover her ears with her paws like "no! i dont want to, i want to sleep!!!". XD i wish i could post the video its so cute, but i dont know how to get vids from my phone online. btw, i dont always mess with her when shes sleeping, just once in a while, she gets plenty of sleep while im at work lol

anyway, enough about her, please give me some cool trick ideas. ive done dog training for friends/family, but just basic commands. i want her to learn something really cool. she wont roll over yet tho cause it makes her nervous for some reason, so i cant teach roll over or the *bang* trick where you pretend to shoot them and they play dead, eventually she will learn it though

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Sounds like you got a great dog. You two have already accomplished quite a bit in just a short time. Congrats!! I have a pit bull mix and he does quite a bit of stuff and he does it in English and Spanish. LOL.. it was kinda by accident. We picked him up off the street when he was thrown out of a car. We didn't realize that he was trained in spanish by his previous owner. We found out when I told my daughter to sit down in spanish and he did too. LOL.. anyway we taught him in spanish first then started doing everything in english as well.

One of the coolest things he does is I will put a treat on his paw and tell him not to get it until I count to 3. Then I start counting. 1,2,24,62,10,19,3. No matter what numbers I use, I try to keep the tone of voice I use the same and monotone. Then I tell him 3 at the end. That is his release and he can eat it then. It's cute, he looks at me right in the eyes and watches me the entire time and patiently waits for me to say 3. He's a great dog, and I couldn't have a better pet. Good luck with your new puppy.

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  • DUDE GREAT IDEA! TEACH IT TO SPEAK! AND NOT JUST ANY LANGUAGE! TEACH IT FRENCH! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! I'M SERIOUS! YOU SHOULD DO IT! THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!

  • Get a hula-hoop and teach her to jump through it. Broom & mop handles, storage boxes, laundry baskets, stools/chairs can all be jumps too.

    Teach her to turn in circles and figure 8's.

    Teach her to count. You teach her a Q to start her barking and another to make her stop. YOU are actually counting, but the Q's are so small people think she's counting.

    The book "Dog Tricks for Dummies" has some cool things to teach her too.

  • Speak, Crawl, Beg, Kiss, Jump, Turn Around, Yawn, Dig, Circle, Got to bed, Wave. Good luck on teaching your dog these tricks and check out this site its pretty cool type a trick in the box
    http://idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html

  • Teach her to dance... ^_^ somehow our puppy figure this one out by jumping in circle.. hahha.. Teach her also to shake hands, or speak...(seriously! - i saw videos on youtube dogs really can sounds like what you say), but not all the words, they just imitating the sound with their howling).

    That's just a few little ideas, just Have fun !!

  • teach her to blow bubbles in water.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_3zqiPSw8

  • Its great that u love ur dog so much.. . . . . Dogs are very clever. They have the reasoning power. They will do anything if u love them and feed them well. U should never beat them or else they will never do the thing u teach them.even if they do they wont continue Have u ever seen dog crying. I have seen it. I worked before in animal rescue. They dont like when u beat them. U should keep talking to them all the time but not when they are sleeping. Coming back to ur dog question, if he is unable to get the move u want to teach, than u should do it ur self when ur teaching. Best time to teach them is when they are playing. If he is sitting in one place them he must be resting. Ur free time may not be his time to learn. So u must co operate with his time, ur dog will not makeup mind whenever u want. . . . . . . .To tell u fact i'm not a dog trainer or something but I know how they react on ur action because I have spent a hell lot me time with them. And one more thing NEVER BEAT THEM OK?

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