I had a little down time last night and Max was busy flipping over his food bowl begging for more to eat (about 1/2 hour after he ate) so I thought it was a good opportunity for some training. I also just finished watching a video of a dog "play dead" which I thought was adorable.
I brought out a little cup of food to the living room and proceeded to shoot Max with my fake finger gun.
"BANG!!!" I yelled and pushed him down to a laying position with his head sideways on the floor. "BANG!!!" I did it about 15 times and he almost got it! "BANG!!!" He started rolling over a little bit instead, so we kept at it. "BANG!!!"
20 minutes later I realized Cooper was not around. I called him and he didn't come. Off I searched for Cooper. He was sitting in my bedroom closet shaking!! He was scared to death of the noise I was making!
Poor Cooper. I guess Max isn't going to be learning to play dead anymore