Tricks your dogs can do?

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My shetland sheepdog can spin in a circle to the word "moonpig" and if i hold a piece of food above her head she will stand on her back legs and spin in a circle on her hind legs!

P.s. We are getting a black lab puppy on thurs and im mega excited! nothing to do with the thread but i wanted to tell someone :D
 
lol i tried to teach mine to spin but she didnt quite understand :p But she can sit (in a bucket aswell :p), paw, lie down, roll over, bark on command you can set food infront of her and she'll not eat it until you say eat lol hmmm there probably not classed as tricks though more general training :o She jumps things on command, like wooden turtles and concrete ballards. Shes not the brightest button though, and has a very short attention span.
 
I get bored when rugby is on tv so mine does

sit

down

stand

speak

roll over

"bang" (play dead)

spin (spin clockwise)

twist (spin anti clockwise)

take a bow

left paw

right paw

wave

limp (he gets excited and does super speed limp which is funny)

shuffle (army crawl on the floor)

bad dog (covers face with paw) work in progress so hit and miss

shake (as in like a wet dog shake, also work in progress)

tidy up (puts his toys away but he just gets them back out)

Find the keys comes in usefull to have an extra pair of eyes, and nose, looking for them but he sometimes gets confused and puts them with his toys or inthe garden so more work needed

close the door but dont use that since we had new doors, dont want them scratching

fetch the sheep (toy sheep, the real sheep would laugh at him)

fetch the teddy

fetch ball

fetch hippo (again not real)

keep looking for ideas for :cool: stuff
 
Big dog can do sit, down, heel (in English and German :p), stay, seek/find it, left and right hand signals, high five and TICKLES! (that's throw yourself on the floor upside down so I can tickle your belly)

Little dog can do sit, down, stand, heel, stay, speak, here and seek (in German) 'get in your bed' and 'BALLIEEEEE!' (throw a fit because you know your ball is coming out :p)
 
They all know the basics (sit, down, wait, stay, come, heel ...) and agility commands (over, up, weave, tunnel, tyre ...)
plus:-
round (go round me) - all
twist/close (twist anti-clockwise) - all
spin/back ( twist clockwise) - all
through (go through my legs) - all
legs (weave through from front of my legs) - Bertie, Teagan
fly (weave through from back of my legs) - Bertie, Teagan
verse (walk backwards in a straight line) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
wiggle (walk backwards around me) - Bertie
high (stand on back legs) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye (Star just learning)
both (beg) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
paw (raise right front paw) - all
foot/other (raise left front paw) - all
feet (put both feet up on me) - all
ogle (start facing me and turn so facing away) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
bounce (while on back feet bounce forward) - Bertie (but I don't really do it with him anymore as he's nearly 13)
middle (between my legs) - all
eight (go around object on floor) - all
roll (roll over) - all
move (move sideways from left to right) - Bertie
dance (move sideways from right to left) - Bertie
bend (bow) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
face (put paw on nose) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
oz (scatch at floor with front feet) - Bertie
boogie (weave backward around my legs) - Bertie
look (look over their shoulder behind them) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
bang (lay still on their back) - Bertie
cross (crossing their paws while in a down) - Bertie
flat (lay on their side) - Skye
bucket (put ball in bucket) - Teagan & Skye
mat (go lay down on mat) - Skye
side (right hand heel) - all
 
hmm off top of my head my 9 month old rottie knows:
sit
stay
down
twist
go through
speak
nicely/gently
BANG (in which he plays dead)
quiet
closely (where he sits very close infront of me)
and then heel where he sits close next to me. :D
sometimes he knows what find it! is and other times he goes noooope dont wanna :rolleyes:
 
Sit, wait (Teal) Stay (Dylan), lay down (Dylan), roll over (Dylan), they both have a stop to whistle (Dylans is a complete accident he picked it up while I was training Teal), Hand signals left and right, Over (if a jump), Go Under (if they need to crawl under a gate and I want to introduce a tunnel this weekend), beds (crate or bed in hall, I have to point), hop up(Up on table/car boot/log etc), beg (dylan), Paw (both), and unfortunately we have accidently taught them "bugg*r off" instead of "go away" if they are pestering us. They both have recall, although Dylans has gone to pot for a bit hopefully we will find it again hes not too bad. Teal heels very well Dylan gets distracted easily by leaves, birds, butterflies.

I really want to teach Dylan "speak" But I so rarely hear him bark to teach it :(
 
My rescue Lucy can get me to do anything she wants..peel her grapes,hot water bottle..anything,oh,and move her sunbed around with the sun:D:D:D:D
 
I personally don't teach my dogs to do tricks I'm just happy if they come when called and don't try to eat anyone enroute.

Sidney does high five when he returns with his ball...but only because it was better to teach him to touch my hand then land his whole 30kg of weight against my belly as he was doing. He's always rather good at extracting blood from my arm if I don't bring a ball on a walk...as you can imagine I have a large selection of bouncing balls readily available in the back of my van!!

Next person who tells me what a wonderful new 'breed' of dogs these standard poodle crosses are will get to live with Sidney for a week...bet they won't shell out hundreds then.
 
Dax knows sit, down, stand, stay, come (in certain circumstances :p), paw, high five, howl, left, right, gee, haw (I know those mean the same things but in different contexts), wait, back, go around, come in to me, go on, over, walk on, leave, okay (release) and inyerbox (bed!).

Current task is to teach her object recognition with reference to agility, to be able to say 'tunnel' or 'see saw' or whatever and send her on to do it without having me running alongside. It's gonna be a struggle as she will never have the same drive for it as a BC or similar, we got in a proper muddle last week.

Ricoh knows... um... sit. And paw. It's a work in progress. :o
 
Oenoke said:
They all know the basics (sit, down, wait, stay, come, heel ...) and agility commands (over, up, weave, tunnel, tyre ...)
plus:-
round (go round me) - all
twist/close (twist anti-clockwise) - all
spin/back ( twist clockwise) - all
through (go through my legs) - all
legs (weave through from front of my legs) - Bertie, Teagan
fly (weave through from back of my legs) - Bertie, Teagan
verse (walk backwards in a straight line) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
wiggle (walk backwards around me) - Bertie
high (stand on back legs) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye (Star just learning)
both (beg) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
paw (raise right front paw) - all
foot/other (raise left front paw) - all
feet (put both feet up on me) - all
ogle (start facing me and turn so facing away) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
bounce (while on back feet bounce forward) - Bertie (but I don't really do it with him anymore as he's nearly 13)
middle (between my legs) - all
eight (go around object on floor) - all
roll (roll over) - all
move (move sideways from left to right) - Bertie
dance (move sideways from right to left) - Bertie
bend (bow) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
face (put paw on nose) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
oz (scatch at floor with front feet) - Bertie
boogie (weave backward around my legs) - Bertie
look (look over their shoulder behind them) - Bertie, Teagan & Skye
bang (lay still on their back) - Bertie
cross (crossing their paws while in a down) - Bertie
flat (lay on their side) - Skye
bucket (put ball in bucket) - Teagan & Skye
mat (go lay down on mat) - Skye
side (right hand heel) - all
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My kids don't do that much:eek:

The dog does
sit (from stand or down)
heel (after a fashion)
high 5
roll over (when you sing "there were ten in the bed -v popular with toddlers:D)
bang (lies on side and stays)
up (jumps onto something) and off
shut the door
stay and release - right
go round
bed bed (goes in cage)
leave it (dog treat placed on paws in down position)
 
I love how a thread appears when have a question, so cool!

The trainer at class wants to us to teach our dogs a trick in order to reinforce clicker training. Now, to my mind, we should be working on 100% recall, socialisation, basic obedience. I thought the class was for young dogs, but Zak at a year is the second youngest. :confused:

Now, the trainer knew the ages and could see that all of us can do the basics eg sit, stay, lie down etc: I'm hoping she's going to adapt her class, therefore,to suit older puppies/dogs.

So question, why is she after tricks? I booked the class when Zak was being really naughty and was on the lead (related, no doubt). He can now be off lead for a very short time and has subsequently grown up super quick and is really good. I really don't want to teach him tricks, just want him to socialise and get used to being handled by others (big issue).
 
Other than the basics, my two labs do -
Wash your feet - they get in a trough of water by the front door.
In the water - dive in nearest pond or river

One fetches my shoes on command -or when he wants to go out.
One skateboards. Taught herself - pushes herself along with back feet, with front feet on the board. Gets really angry when it won't go in deep snow!
 
cinammontoast said:
I love how a thread appears when have a question, so cool!

The trainer at class wants to us to teach our dogs a trick in order to reinforce clicker training. Now, to my mind, we should be working on 100% recall, socialisation, basic obedience. I thought the class was for young dogs, but Zak at a year is the second youngest. :confused:

Now, the trainer knew the ages and could see that all of us can do the basics eg sit, stay, lie down etc: I'm hoping she's going to adapt her class, therefore,to suit older puppies/dogs.

So question, why is she after tricks? I booked the class when Zak was being really naughty and was on the lead (related, no doubt). He can now be off lead for a very short time and has subsequently grown up super quick and is really good. I really don't want to teach him tricks, just want him to socialise and get used to being handled by others (big issue).
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The more you can teach your dog, especially when using a clicker, the better the bond between you becomes and they will listen more for a chance to earn a reward.
 
jsr said:
Next person who tells me what a wonderful new 'breed' of dogs these standard poodle crosses are will get to live with Sidney for a week...bet they won't shell out hundreds then.
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One of ours is a poodle cross (a cockapoo to be exact ;) ) and she is lovely! Went through a short stage of getting parts of dead animals and running off with them for ages while we tried to catch her when she was 6-8 months old but now she is 10 months and a little star!

My sister has taken her to young puppy training and then the next stage up so she is really good and knows to leave food, come to call, sit, lie down, shake a paw, spin (haha my little addition) and stay.
 
Oenoke said:
The more you can teach your dog, especially when using a clicker, the better the bond between you becomes and they will listen more for a chance to earn a reward.
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I see that, but I wonder if she's going to do basics (class outline is very brief and we sort of covered two classes in one as she appeared surprised that 2 and 3 year old dogs could do some stuff already.)

I think our bond is gorgeous (does having to peel him off my knee count?) but I do want him to listen more, of course. He gets distracted by birds but is tons better due to intense one to one with the OH. The clicker is not essential, I think, but a good cue.
 
It's just homework, dogs can get bored doing the same old sit, down, heel stuff.
I never reckoned much to the clicker either but it's been a revelation with my young dog. There is no ambiguity in terms of timing or tone of voice.
 
erm none! Sit, come, leave, no, heel, off, out! Flora has stop (on whistle, hand or voice), hilost (seek lost item/bird working close), ok go on (release), stay close (10m radius no more), getouttoit (to dummy/bird), right and left on hand signal, over (stream/fence/bridge/bank), wait, dead (but not the same as you guys definition of dead, thats give dummy/bird to my hand), stand (show stand) and moving (show moving) she can retrieve some named toys as well but actually the damn thing I can talk to like a person and she goes and does what I said anyway :rolleyes:. Ellie can do stay close and wait as well oh and down (never given flora a down) and over.
Nobody has ever done paws or any other tricks, tbh I cant really be arsed to teach em stuff they dont need! People look at me oddly when Flora cant do paw or down, but she doesnt need either so why bother. I'm lazy clearly! I'm impressed with some of the lists of tricks!

ETA ellie has 'rats' and 'rabbits' as well!
ETA again...and geddin (Flora does too even though shes an HPR and shouldnt :o) and tssssskkkk which is just a rev up really.
Im not sure I have ever taught any of my dogs a 'trick'
 
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Brig (big dog, aged 8) stops, you can walk out of sight, he won't move til told walk on. He does the turn round, back to heel if I cough or stamp my foot. He (and the pups) go on the bed, sometimes backwards in a leaping salmon-like move if we're about to go out. :o The all fly out of the dog flap if they're told 'wees and poos':o:o Saying fox makes Brig huff and puff and pelt into the garden. The word 'is' gets all of them excited 'Is it puppy treat time, is it time for tea, is it time to go out', all unbearably exciting!

At training, Zak was 'like an arrow' for recall but I don't think we have enough practise at the new stuff and he got frustrated and started barking, shameful for a gun dog! The recall was helped by me waving a toy and he impressed the behaviourist when I asked him to give and he dropped it into my hand. :D
 
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Only the usuals, but he has managed to associate extra words with things like

*insert bad word of choice* coming from the kitchen means come in as quickly as possible and clean the floor
"What do you do" means sit (and drool)...
Shake (usually when just out of river and next to the other person) - think remote controlled shower effect
Wagga Wagga - wag your tail like a loony (with good timing can get the other person's knees!)
Hoover - I've dropped something - you can have it
"Go get it" - you may eat your food now
He's also associated w -a - l -k with walk, so now we have to use "the w word" until he cottons onto that, then I think we switch to French!
Food is associated with dinner, breakfast, lunch, "where's Webley's bowl", "where" and "where's Webley" and "bowl", also with a human visiting the relevant room at approximately the right time of day.
Also, a couple of common walk locations and cattle grids get a very excited response.

I always thought he was going to run rings around me - when I first met him aged 12 weeks (first visit to OH's house after he got him) he very quickly worked out that the best place to try to eat a borrowed sock (dug up from the garden!) was under a prickly bush - which I got attached to by my hair - I've been playing catch up ever since!
 
i totally forgot about the coolest trick ever... a guy i know taught his lab to go to the fridge, open it, take out a beer, shut the fridge and bring the beer over to him! :cool:

was very cool... until the dog sussed that it meant she could have a snack whenever she felt like it... :p
 
So going to teach Dex that one W&W- Katielou you dont get off that easily- spill!"

Dex just does the usual sit, down, stand, paw, spin, other paw, come and find it- meaning whatever I have hidden somewhere.
 
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