What Tricks??????
 

I have been thinking of new tricks to teach Choco...
but I cannot think of any >.<
Can you guys help me out??

Choco can currently:
Sit
Stay
Lay down
Play dead
Hand shake
High five
Roll Over
Stand (for a second only, hes not very stable)
Jump

What other tricks can I teach him??
And how would I teach them?

Thank you all for your suggestions!!

P.S.
I have not been very active lately, cus I am busy with school...
I will try and be more active now :)

looking at your list, I can add:

Sit pretty, crawl and touch. They have learned wait-not really a trick but something for them to learn.

Sit pretty is sitting straight up with both paws bent (like beg),

Crawl, when they are down, have them follow a treat along the floor.

Touch is touching the palm of my hand with their noses. I got this from training--you can put your hand on which ever side you want them on and they will go there. You should rub something on the palm so they will be attracted to it and then let them smell it and then proceed. I was using cheese at the time.

The also know roll over. I am in the process of teaching them to jump through a hoop.

Oh, and also dance. Standing up and dancing totally around.

You can try to teach him "Are you scared?" It's a cute trick, to show kids or your family and friends. In this trick you ask or more like say the pharse "Are you scared?" and the dog runs under a table cloth or under a bed and peeks out.
Teaching this shouldn't be too hard, just get him under a bed or table cloth and make him peak out as you say "Are you scared than with time practice from farther away.

Can he leave it? This is not really a trick but something good for him to know, this means that if he's going after something, like garbage for example and you say leave it he doesn't touch it.

Give would be a good one too.

You could teach him to have a cookie/treat on his paw as he's lying down and he only eats it when you say ok.

Kisses, you could teach him to give kisses.

You could also teach him to give hugs. But I wouldn't recommend it if your dog has dominant problems.

Spin, this is when a dog spins in circles.

The little things I taught Max, were back when he was a puppy, leave it, sit, go home, give a kiss,etc, if I want to teach him, spin, or "are you scared (I really like that one) how do I start?

i once knew a poodle who could add. hold up two fingers then three fingers and the poodle would bark 5 times

Those are cool tricks. I'm going to have to try the 'are you scared.' That's too funny.

"Spin" is an easy one and kinda fun. Just have him follow a treat around in a circle at first. You can also do "other way," and move the treat in opposite direction.

"Weave" between the legs is fun, too. Hold a treat between your legs and say weave. Then change hands on treat and get him to go back the other way. Try to get to the point where you can do 4 or 5 together.

hmmm all those tricks sounds like a fun playful tricks for Choco to learn.

Thanks for the many ideas!!
Keep posting more cool tricks~~

This can help others see what kind of tricks they can teach their doggies too.

Jumping through a hoop is fun, and Joey loves to do it. You use a hula-hoop, and just have him follow the treat through. Ring the bell is another treat, we got our bell from an office supply store, one like you would see on a reception desk, and Joey rings it to go outside. Mom to Hot Rod mentioned crawling and it's also fun to watch them do this. I have Joey fetch thing for treats, we use to play this without treats, but he would want to play tug of war with the object, and when I use treats, he will run for anything. Also back up is a good trick to teach, you just walk toward the dog waving your hand, saying back, and most dog catch on pretty fast. Once he's learned to back up without you walking toward him, you can have him back up and sit, and play catch. We started with cheerios, so that he wouldn't be afraid of something thrown at his face, then we used a cloth Frisbee, and he's really good at catching now. I use all his breakfast meal for training and half of his dinner meal because with all the training he was getting a little chubby. Praying is another trick we are working on where they put there head on a small stool resting on their paws, you also lead the food to teach this trick. Good for you, I think dogs who can do a few tricks are happy that they can do things that please you.

spin on four feet and on two
shake a paw
high five
back
over
dead dog
say your prayers
roll over/ both ways
fetch
drop on going out to fetch
drop on recall
spin
jump on back feet
sneeze
speak and shh
tunnel
weave through legs
fetch a speific toy
targeting
count
stick um up/ your under arrest
crawl
I am ashamed/darn I got busted

JL

WOW!

I wish you would teach a few, like sneeze, counting, I am ashamed/darn I got busted, and what's targeting? Do you have to wait till they sneeze before you can teach it? I don't have a clue on how to begin.

Sneeze yes if you can catch it and let me tell you it a hard one.... trying with a client dog that sneezes and I am going to give a clicker to her while I am working another skill soully to catch it and it alone. That my skill set still learning great timing. A great clicker person that not me can shape a sneeze... I still a baby clicker pesron.

Count you put a paw movement on a small hand cue and you say what 3 the 2 and you move you hand cue and the dog paws until you stop the cue.

I am ashamed is a little change from say your prayers where the dog puts it feet on your arm and tucks its head under your arm. or it can be a chair and it tucks it head between its leg.

Targeting is when you use a long stick called a target stick ( karen Pryors web site has them or use a wooden spoon) and the dog touches the end. with it you can teach a dog to go in and out and figure eight your legs and to pick it up and bring it back to you and put things in your lap. Follow the stick.

JL

We took a class at Petsmart and they taught me how to do the tricks Joey does, they even had us make a target stick, but I didn't know that was the name for it. He does touch the black end with his nose, and he'll follow it when I use it, but it seemed a lot like my hand, so I stopped using it. Thanks, I really like the counting, idea, and we can work on that, but I think Joey only sneezed a couple of times when I was grooming him and some hair fell on his face. I guess I could try that again. :D

Oh and I forgot lick your nose and kiss me.

Ok for the problem of too much in your hand use the word yes or what I do is run my clicker on a finger so the band to hold it is a hair tie elastic on my middle finger and it in the same hand as my stick. instead of holding it in your hand or having it on your wrist.

it hard to understand without pictures but it works well.

JL

Oh I would love to teach the nose licking, it sounds so cute. I never could get the clicker down; since you have to do it the exact moment he displays the right behavior there was always too much of a pause between the behavior and me actually getting the clicking noise out. I found the word YESSS much easier, but I think the clicker is great for those people who are coordinated. :D

Oh you are right it a tough one to manage it all.
I tend to not take a clicker if I working a dog with aggression in public cause if you go over thresh hold you in trouble and you need all hands on deck. Sometimes working fear I feeding as fast as I can and have no time to click so we stay under threshhold. It all in what you can manage and really you can do.

You want to sharpen the skill get someone to bounce a ball and have a click as it hits the top of it flip up and then as it hits the ground. You will get better. Then add in click ball up and pass a treat to a bowl by the person pretend it the dogs mouth.. It works even for your yes and to help timing.. Oh everyone timing is not great at first.

One thing correct you yes it should be more staccato, short, sharp and crisp.. like a click because Yessss it leaves the thing you are marking open to to much. A dog can give you a ten or more behaviours in that Yessss and you miss you mark and slow down the action and sometimes confuse the dog. OK! Make sence ??

JL