Our older dog can jump through a hoop, wave, twirl, high five, stand, sit, down, roll over, shake hands, shake himself off, weave - I'm probably forgetting some.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Dec 1, 2012 14:16:00 GMT -5
My dog is really food motivated, so it's pretty easy to each her to do stupid tricks. She's better at doing active things like rolling over or dancing (getting on her hind legs and spinning around) than she is at the lay down command for example. Clearly, I had more fun making her roll over when she was a puppy because when I do my little lay down hand gesture she lays on her side in preparation for rolling over. Oops.
Chases lasers and ribbon and catnip mice, licks her crotch and poops like a champ. She also attacks legs and grooms feet and DH's chest hair that peeks above his t-shirt (v-necks...he's not a TOTAL gorilla). We also play hide-and-seek and tag on the family room sills (cutouts in the wall between FR and office hallway and FR/kitchen eat-in).
Jazz hands. I.e. jumping up and trying to walk, whilst pushing her hands way up in the air. I <3 her!! Oh and many of the usual sit, down, shake hands, high five, etc.
They can both sit, stay, lay, come, shake, shake other paw, roll over (sometimes), turn around, dance (on their back legs), go their leashes, go to their mats to eat, leave it- I can put out treats in front of them or on their paws and they will not touch them until I say "ok" though they make terribly pained faces. We can also play hide and seek throughout the house.
Their super special tricks are opening doors and cupboards, turning on the stove burners, locating and destroying boxes of tampons, removing base boards and drywall, building a nest out of blankets on my bed and collecting things in there. They seem to be forgetting these "tricks" for which I am eternally grateful.
Sit, lay down, high five, waits for permission to eat his dinner or go outside, dance in a circle for a treat, do a flip when he catches toys, I think that's it.
Post by messykitchen on Dec 1, 2012 15:14:39 GMT -5
My dogs suck, but my Saint Bernard will give rides to one of the cats, Mister Fuzzypants. The cat will ride around on the dog for ages. I need a video of this.
Post by messykitchen on Dec 1, 2012 15:25:07 GMT -5
Oh! Not really a trick, but because my cat is a god damned genius. Another cat, Jack, had his back left amputated due to cancer. He now goes down the stairs using only his front legs, back leg held up proudly in the air behind him.
Post by karmasabiotch on Dec 1, 2012 16:26:58 GMT -5
They can find any morsel of food down to a crumb the second it's dropped. Sometimes they can even anticipate that you could possibly drop a peice of food and they will help you out by removing it directly from your hand with little or no warning.
They can find any morsel of food down to a crumb the second it's dropped. Sometimes they can even anticipate that you could possibly drop a peice of food and they will help you out by removing it directly from your hand with little or no warning.
That sounds like Abby. When we are cooking she's there watching so she can grab any food off the ground as soon it drops. She's helpful like that.