One of these days we will get her on video, need to have cam ready as we've tried it but she responds to either of us moving and stops.
The cooking is easy to train and valuable as we get older and forgetful, no burnt food. Say boiling water, when you smell or notice water is boiling, alert and send dog, treat when she complies. Once that is locked in, have cook ignore, resend till cook responds, treat. Next, don't send, if dog responds treat, if not point it out and treat after she responds. Dogs have great noses, so you can do this with just about anything.
We hide Gingers after meal treats, she is a great tracker, she actually tracks our scent to the treat. We sometimes throw the treat a few feet to confuse her, she will follow to end of scent on all trails a few times. Once she realizes its not at end of scent trails, she starts a search pattern. Its a blast to watch her thinking, yes I said thinking, she figures out all kinds of tricks we set for her, Dogs are as smart as your expectations/demands. We expect Ginger to do certain things, she gets a kick out of doing her job. |