Things you didn't mean to train your dog to do

[Spudlet]

I'm not quite sure how this happened because I'm sure Henry isn't this clever, but he does seem to have learned something rather unfortunate!

Basically at work he is not allowed to run under the fences into the paddocks to eat horse poop. There are nervy horses there who do not need their rehabilitation set back because some bloomin' great spaniel sacred the bejaysus out of them. There are non-nervy horses that will use dogs as an equine football given half a chance. And there is poop laced with Ivomectin, which is not good for dogs.

However since a lot of the fencing is post and rail and the bottom rail is higher than Henry, it's quite easy for him to dodge underneath

Everytime he does this I call him back, and when he comes back he gets a bit of biccy for being good and leaving the yummy poop to come back to me.

So what has he learned? That if he's a bit peckish and fancies a snack, he should casually saunter up to the fence, look at me, then bounce off into the field, wait ti be called, come back and sit and wait for his reward

This dog is too clever by half!

Come on, make me feel a bit less thick - who else is being trained up here?

 

[jenniaddams]

My boyfriends family trained there mutt to put her paw over there arm for a treat. She now comes up to you when your sitting at the table and bangs her paw off your knee looking for a treat.

 

[Oneofthepack]

My little mongrel Jake used to do the exact same thing! He would run off into the field, stop and turn and wait for me to call him then belt back for a snack and repeat over....and over...

 

[kirstyhen]

I appear to have taught my dog recall to the sound of a yogurt pot being scraped out!

It never fails to get him to come, I'm considering taking one out with me on walks

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

I have been trained by mine to do all sorts of things including recall when fridge opens, rattle of a wrapper of any sort, moving my feet so they can sit on the end of the sofa, expecting to be fed at 6pm, a full cupful of biscuits - no more and certainly not less..............

The list goes on..............

 

[CAYLA]

As soon as I set the alarm downs stairs at work, my rotti goes up the stairs and opens the door into the kitchen area and sits very patienty staring at the work top in the kitchen cos she knows I have her food in my hand and gets fed shortly after the alarm noise

All of my dogs jump up and run to the door when the lap top lid goes down or the tv is turned off cos they know it's time to go for a walk

My rotti is also a grasser, and she will growl/bark and come to the door of which ever room im in to get my attention if any of the dogs are up to no good usually knicking the cat food, which of course she wants but dare not get

 

[kirstyhen]

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All of my dogs jump up and run to the door when the lap top lid goes down or the tv is turned off cos they know it's time to go for a walk

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Otto does that one too!

 

[CorvusCorax]

Do the 'sit-stand-down' dance - he will go through them all in lots of different orders before I even ask him because he wants a bit of chicken

 

[Wishful]

That a crash or a swear word from the kitchen is a good time to come flying in and see what you can scavenge from the floor!

 

[CorvusCorax]

PMSL

 

[MurphysMinder]

Many years ago I had a lovely little Shepherd bitch who was too clever for her own good. One evening we were eating a meal in front of the tv and I had put my plate on a low table, as she walked past the table to go to her bed she caught th edge and knocked the plate onto the floor. It was definitely an accident and she wasn't told off, but did get to eat the spilled food up. From then on if ever you put a plate of food on this table she would walk past it and "accidentally" knock it

She never ever stole food from the table although it was at her height, but obviously felt that knocking it over was perfectly in order.

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

I really did mean for Tikka to dive for rocks in the rivers .

I really did mean for her to yo yo across pillars

I really did mean for her to catapult from great heights and scare the bejaesus outta me

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I am sure there is loads more

 

[CAYLA]

Lol, at some of these

My dogs also gather in a circle, all staring at the floor when Im emptying dog food into the bins, cos they know loads spills on the floor, it's hilarious that they stare at the floor and not the bag being tipped

 

[CorvusCorax]

Oh, and another one - B thinks when I laugh, he has done something good and I have always laughed at the way he scentmarks after he pees.

I have noticed these episodes are getting more and more time-consuming, overblown and extravagant and now you can tell he is just overdoing it and the more he does it, the more I laugh

and he can kick up dirt and leaves for miles!

 

[ucmeicu]

My dog picked up on me saying 'oo you're yawning' so now he yawns on command. He also does 'stretch' where he stretches out almost like a bow. He taught himself these. He has also taught himself to run off with the ball everytime i say 'drop it'.

 

[Oneofthepack]

My 5 learned that when I get up off the sofa in the evening it's time for last pee and, more importantly, a late night snack of a few treats. Now as soon as I move, even if it's only to get more comfy, they all fly outside barking and creating then wait by the treat cupboard expectantly.

 

[Spudlet]

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All of my dogs jump up and run to the door when the lap top lid goes down or the tv is turned off cos they know it's time to go for a walk

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Henry takes himself off to bed of an evening when the laptop is turned off!

 

[fmay]

Last thing at night I have to try to sneak off the sofa and open the back door so that when I say 'time for bed' I'm not crushed in the barking rush of 4 dogs trying to get out through a closed door.

 

[Charmaine18]

When I was little I thought it would be a good idea to train Leah to stand on her back legs for a treat... cue one very confused dog constantly getting told off for jumping up at people when they had food! I also trained her to run between my legs, and then she started doing it to anyone who came in the house and she'd get told off for nearly knocking them flying. Poor animal, me and my mother had very different ideas of good behaviour!

My dad's chair is a very posh electric recliner, and as he's usually the last to go to bed, Poppy the JRT has learned that when she hears the whirring of the footrest going down, it's time to go into the utility room and wait for him to put her duvet down.

And Leah knows that when I tell her to get out of the way so I can sit at the bottom of the stairs (where she insists on sleeping) to put my boots on, it's time for a walk!

 

[A1fie]

I didn't mean to train my dog to be scared of flies! I am a big wuss with those big bluebottles that come in the kitchen and buzzz off all the walls - freaks me right out!

However to my shame my dog has picked up on my fear and as soon as he hears a buzz will go and hide under the bed!

 

[kirstyhen]

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However to my shame my dog has picked up on my fear and as soon as he hears a buzz will go and hide under the bed!

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You sure he's never been stung by a Bee? My Mum's dog is a big wuss and he got stung once, now any insect buzzing sends him into a panic!

Otto also knows that if we get ready to go out (put shoes on etc) let him outside to go to the loo but then call him back in, it means it's time for him to go to the crate

 

[A1fie]

I would much prefer to think that

however he is not scared at all of bees or wasps and will snap at them. It really is my complete over reaction to them that has made him the way he is!