 Dog tricks
When I had my first Yorkie, Tiffany, I trained her to do all kinds of tricks. One of my favorites was putting all of her 20+ soft toys in a pile, and grabbing one, put it under her nose, and say to her, "Go find Froggie, or Duck, or whatever", and put in underneath the pile. She would go through the whole pile and pick out the right one 95% of the time. If she wasn't sure she got the right one, she would not bring it back to me, she would put it in her mouth, look up at me and wait for me to say "Good Girl!" If she did not get it right, I would say "No, fetch the froggie."
From what I understand, dogs are color blind, so how would she know which was the right toy? Some friends have said that it was because I had my scent on the one when I held it under her nose, but right after that, I touched all the other toys, when I put the froggie underneath. I have always wondered HOW she could always pick out the specific toy? |