What special tricks/commands does your malt know?

[SugarBob62]

Well Nelson doesn't know anything yet. I just now today got my book in the mail from Barnes and Noble. 51 Puppy Tricks by Kyra Sundance. So just today I started cueing him for the clicker. So it says to do that about 20 times, randomly throughout the day and reward when they acknowledge the sound. So he is doing well with that so far hahah

[MandyMc65]

QUOTE (angelgirl599 @ Jan 6 2010, 01:29 PM)

Also, how did you teach Jax to close the door? That seems very handy!![/B]

I used touch and shaped it. It does come in handy, but I try not to use it too much. Although the other night I was reading in bed and the TV was too loud in the living room. Jax was in his crate and I just said "Jax, could you please get the door?" and he ran over and shut it for me! (Door is the cue).

[Moxie'smom]

What's a "back up come"? How did you teach that?

[MandyMc65]

QUOTE (Moxie'sMom @ Jan 6 2010, 08:46 PM)

What's a "back up come"? How did you teach that?[/B]

It's a 'touch'. Instead of saying come, I just put my hand out and they run to touch it with their nose. So it's like a "back up" to my recall. I also use it to redirect Jax's attention - if I have his face then I have his attention.

[Moxie'smom]

I've taught some with and without a clicker.
Mox wasn't trained with a clicker in the beginning, but I began introducing it when he was about 8 months old.

he knows:
(all the basic obedience stuff with voice & hand signals together, and also silent (just hand signals) or just voice
Sit
Down
Come
Front
Heel
Heel (Finish left)
Heel (Right or around)
Stand

also:
Stand on come
Stop on come
(We're just beginning to work on drop on recall)
Leave it!
Off
Targets
Touch
"No touch puppy"
Go to your Matt, (or towel, or bed)
"Go to your bed!" (which means kennel up and get in your crate it's time for bed!)
"Go Make a Pee Pee" (on command)
"Go Poop" (on command)
"Get some water" (most of the time on command)
He always waits untill we finish counting to 10 to eat. LOL..he knows how to count!

Puppy push ups (sit, down, stand in different sequences)
"Get ready" (he goes into left heel postion... most of the time)
"Watch me"
On the bed
Off the bed
Bathroom (he goes into the our bathroom)
No touch
Head down
Find it
Bring it



Tricks:
"shake" (both paws)
"Slap me 5"
"roll over'
"Sit pretty"
"Back"
"Forward"
"Twirl"
"Speak"
"Quiet"

And we never keep learning..the both of us!

[Moxie'smom]

Jackie, Sodie and Roo are our idols!

(And Mandy, you and Jax are not far behind.)

[KAG]

Let's see. My girls know:
do stretchie girl
sit
get drinkie
do pee pee paper
no barkie
stay
come to Mommy
Darla and Fallon both act like Retrievers when we play Get baby and bring to Mommy
Fallon knows scratchie backie{she's the best back scratcher ever}
my girls pee hearts

xoxoxox

[camfan]

I'm sure I'll forget something, but:

Ollie:
Sit
Stay
Lay down
"way" down (puts chin on floor)
paw
speak (loud bark)
"quiet" speak (soft bark)
do your dancing
come
look (where he stops and stares right into my eyes without moving)
Misc thoughts and commands like: go potty, go to bed, go bye-bye (means go to the car), walk, take off your harness (he comes, turns his back to me and sits so i can remove his harness, lol, no, are you hungry?)

YoYo:
Come
stay
sit
no
paw
misc thoughts and commands that Ollie knows

I just used lots of repetition and tiny, instant treats for rewards.

[angelgirl599]

mmm so I tried the clicker last night, well I tried introducing it to her. I would click and treat, click and treat so she would have a positive association with the clicker. The noise scared her. Now even when she sees the treat, she is very apprehensive with it. Did I do it wrong?? I mean, I didn't expect her to get used to it ASAP but I was expecting her to be excited for all the yumminess coupled with the sound...

And WOW Kerry, your Fallon knows how to scratch your back?? How did you ever teach her to do that?

[jmm]

What kind of clicker are you using? I use an i-click and hold it behind your back at first. The box clickers are loud and lots of dogs don't like the sound. The i-click is much more quiet. Check out Karen Pryor's website for different clickers.

For loading the clicker, I would count about 15 little treats, click/treat very quickly a couple times a day for a couple days.