So, I'm reviving this thread because now that it's been colder, I've been re-visiting trick training more again.
For the longest time, Jackson never understood the concept of going to get an object and then putting in a basket, or a box, or whatever. But last night, something in his head clicked when I decided to work on it again. So within 5 minutes he learned how to retrieve a sock and walk it over and put it in the basket. Yay! So now I'm planning on teaching him how to clean up his own toys.
This could also be useful in aiding me with the laundry.
Haha. Here's a quick cell phone video.
http://s691.photobucket.com/albums/v...t=IMG_9475.mp4
Hmmm... what else have we worked on. Oh, unzipping my hoodie/jacket. He's learned how to tug on my zipper and unzip it (but I have to tie a shoe string to it - he still can't figure out how to grasp the zipper itself). That should be a cute one.
Also, turning on/off the light. I have him use a loveseat and nudge the lightswitch with his nose, but he seems to want to use his paws. He kept offering me his paws so I decided to work with it and think it MAY work better. We'll see. He has yet to actually flick the lightswitch but it's a start that he's bringing his paws up to it as well as his nose.