I need a new trick~

[melmel84]

Tino knows how to:

~sit
~stay
~lay down
~speak
~twirl
~walk (on back two feet toward and in reverse)
~paw
~high five
~"bang"
~rollover

I need some suggestions, he loves learning new tricks and I am running out of ideas~ help me

[Anna Banana]

I was going to say you could teach him how to jump up on his back legs, but I'm not sure this is a good idea, aren't yorkies prone to hip problems? I do this trick with my big dogs.

[melmel84]

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

I was going to say you could teach him how to jump up on his back legs, but I'm not sure this is a good idea, aren't yorkies prone to hip problems? I do this trick with my big dogs.

you mean stand up on two legs? Thats his stand command, he does do that but usually its for a twirl or a walk toward me on two legs. He loves it, he did it naturally so I just tweaked it into a command. I need a new one, he is very impatient and he learns too quickly. Im brain dead and cant think of one. I thought about balancing a treat on his nose but his nose is too small, haha. Even a cat treat would fall off~ help me

[Mama_to_Rex]

how did you teach him to do all of this? how old is he? all i can get rex to do is "sit", and that's only if i have a treat!

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

does he know how to beg?

[izzy816]

Wow he knows a lot, Im impressed!Izzy can sit, stay, lay down, high five, shake and dance in a circle....How do you get them to roll over and speak? He wont roll over for nothing...nada....zip!

[izzy816]

Originally Posted by melmel84

Tino knows how to:

~sit
~stay
~lay down
~speak
~twirl
~walk (on back two feet toward and in reverse)
~paw
~high five
~"bang"
~rollover

I need some suggestions, he loves learning new tricks and I am running out of ideas~ help me

Did you teach him sit and shake hands? I tell him to "sit" then I just grab one of his paws and say "shake". I did it multiple times then finally when I say "shake" he lifts his paw then I give him a treat.

[Sweetums]

How about teaching him to catch a frisbee midair outside, if you've got a back yard or a park nearby. Our little girl loves her soft frisbee that also comes in a small size.

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

Originally Posted by izzy816

Did you teach him sit and shake hands? I tell him to "sit" then I just grab one of his paws and say "shake". I did it multiple times then finally when I say "shake" he lifts his paw then I give him a treat.

i think that is the same as paw...kekek...

of course all my babies understand vietnamese and english...

[kalina82]

wow he sure does know a lot of tricks.

how about:

hide your eyes (paw over the nose or eyes)

wave (like shake except you don't take his foot and the wave is a little higher in the air then shake. i like this one when its combined with sit up)

army crawl

[bornnygurl]

Originally Posted by kalina82

hide your eyes (paw over the nose or eyes)

I love that one! I call it "cover". I have been working with my oldest on it for the longest time but she just doesn't "get it". LOL. The method I was taught it to take a tiny piece of tape (tissue tape, that doesn't stick) on her nose. I've also tried with implied direction. What is your method? I have no doubt that Queequeg will be able to do it once I start teaching her advanced tricks, though.

[kalina82]

Originally Posted by bornnygurl

I love that one! I call it "cover". I have been working with my oldest on it for the longest time but she just doesn't "get it". LOL. The method I was taught it to take a tiny piece of tape (tissue tape, that doesn't stick) on her nose. I've also tried with implied direction. What is your method? I have no doubt that Queequeg will be able to do it once I start teaching her advanced tricks, though.

i havent' taught morgan how to do it, but if i did i was gonna use the tape method.

[melmel84]

Originally Posted by izzy816

Wow he knows a lot, Im impressed!Izzy can sit, stay, lay down, high five, shake and dance in a circle....How do you get them to roll over and speak? He wont roll over for nothing...nada....zip!

Well speak was a interesting method because he doesn't really bark that much. All I did was get him really excited before the training. Then I asked him to speak and stared deep into his eyes, he would then get stressed and whine a little and I would praise him...then as we continued we kept asking him for more until a bark surfaced.

The roll over thing was just me showing him how to do it and then praising him, after a while he would do it half way and I would hep him the rest and eventually he got it. I just do one trick at a time and work until it is perfected, while still reviewing past ones.

Tino is 1 yr and 4 months old

[melmel84]

Originally Posted by kalina82

wow he sure does know a lot of tricks.

how about:

hide your eyes (paw over the nose or eyes)

wave (like shake except you don't take his foot and the wave is a little higher in the air then shake. i like this one when its combined with sit up)

army crawl

I am definately going to teach these, he is always grabbing his nose when he is sleepy~ I think that would be cute. But I think I will call it "where is the dog catcher" then have him cover his eyes!! That would be funny.

[Booboo'smommy]

Nice tricks everyone. Do you teach them in your own houses or do you take them training b/c mine don't know any tricks and they are 15 weeks old.Hmmm