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Trick & Treat! What's a Trick Your Dog Can Do?
“Does your dog do any tricks?” – someone just asked me… my mind raced, because I think everything I teach a dog to do on cue is a “trick” to the dog!
What tricks does your dog do? And what trick(s) would you like to learn how to teach your dog?
Bonus if you share a video!
@beka @rads @stomper16 @pawsup
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One dog giving a biscuit to another — got us on David Letterman’s stupid pet tricks many moon ago!
(I have a video of dog giving a treat to a rat, but the format isn’t accepted for upload.)EDIT: Duh, my memory is awful. The trick on the show was a biscuit toss, not a share. Front dog balances biscuit on nose and then flips it back to a dog sitting behind her for the 2nd dog to catch.
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This is so awesome!! What a great trick!!
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@virginiad – send me the video of the ratty trick please! I’ll adjust the format! We wanna see that for sure!
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Here’s @virginiad ‘s Ratty Video – check this trick out! WOWZA! How did you teach this, Virginia!?
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Thank you for converting the video, @programdev . Gabriel was one of the two dogs who did this trick on the Letterman show, so he got to practice this skill with lots of other dogs. Transferring it to the rats wasn’t hard, since he was safe and gentle with them.
Tulip, the rat who rudely wrenched the treat out of his mouth, seen here perched on his head.
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Simply wonderful! I tried to find your trick on YouTube -there are a ton of old Letterman videos up on there. Do you know the date you aired? @virginiad – It would be so fun to see it!
I didn’t know I knew a TV star!! ???? We’re so lucky to have you here!
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Oh my, no, I most certainly didn’t go on stage. The 2nd dog belonged to Sherri Lippman and she had to handle both dogs during the segment. Only one person allowed. I do have the clip, but the format would have to be converted. I cringe when I watch it — seeing the dogs showing stress. And honestly, Letterman should’ve earned a bite for one space invasion with Elsa.
There were much better acts invited that night, but so few of the animals could actually perform in that environment. -
Great training, so different and cool! And I love the Letterman story. Glad no one got bit, oops Dave, you are funny and famous but you need to read up on DD. ????
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@virginiad SO AWESOME!!! ???? ????
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And that’s a PAWSOME TRICK! So much fun!
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Wow!
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Here’s an informal biscuit toss. My cat would always line up behind the dogs in case a toss went haywire and she had a chance to nab it instead!
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???? – What a smart cat! This is priceless!
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This is so fun! And really reminds you how smart dogs (and cats!) are!!
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Lido learned to do head rests on people’s thighs as part of his therapy dog training. Here’s a photo of him learning it a few years ago when he was a “teen” (about 10 months). He has generalized it and will do it with many different people, kids or adults. They love it! It feels so good when he lies his big lab noggin’ across your leg. ????????
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Aww, so cute!
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This is a great behavior to teach! Love it. The service dogs I used to work with would do that too – and it was wonderful. They also would curl up and lie on your feet which is surprisingly grounding. They generalized that behavior – and offered it when we were feeling upset – it was pretty powerful!
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I love, love, love the head rest! A while back, I was inspired by you and Lido to teach it to Henry. Our original thinking was that it would help him give consent for care and handling (When my head is rested, OK to touch me. When I pick it up, please don’t touch me). But after a while, he started offering it unprompted. Sometimes, as a way to “beg” for whatever human food he wanted a piece of, which is still more polite than other ways of begging. But when he does it just to cuddle, there’s nothing better. I consider it the highest honor since he’s a dog who usually doesn’t care for being pawed at by humans. Thanks so much for showing us this awesome behavior!
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That’s such an empowering behavior for Henry – and what a delight to read your story!
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Love it @wagswithwarren ! I agree there’s something very endearing about this behavior.
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Henry’s file-my-nails-on-sandpaper trick!
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@warren — wonderful AND useful! Thanks for sharing!
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Well done! I need to teach this to my dogs, I’m still using the clipper/trimmer.
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It’s definitely handy! Still need the clippers for the “thumbs” and the back paws, of course.
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This is particularly useful and caring for dogs who don’t like feet handling. Well done Warren!
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Absolutely! Credit for the idea goes to Kate Naito, the awesome CDBC on Team Henry.
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