Holy Crap
 

omg i was just on youtbe lookin at yorkie videos n oooooommmmmmmmggggggg. there is a lady that has two yorkies and one of them is Gracie. She had the doggie do a handstand n take a bow!!! omg that was awesome. is she on yt??? n wats that clickin noise i keep hearing? anybody know?? wow her two dogs r smart, she has the boy talking and all
this . wowowowowowowowow i wanna teach abby all that

Maybe her owner used a clicker to train her?

Do you have a link to the video? Would love to see it!:)

That is so amazing - she must have put in zillion hours to get her to do all that. Wish mine would just come when I ask them to. Oh they will but only when they feel like it - otherwise I just get a look that says - no, you want something then you come!!!:rolleyes:

Something wasn't right. Looked like she couldn't walk right or something. Maybe it's just me.:rolleyes:

Gracie is blind (it says in the video notes). I think that would explain her "careful" movements. I think that might have been what you were referring to?

Yeah, I agree, it didn't give me much joy to watch; Joey seems so pleased when he has done a trick, like he is so proud of himself. Gracie just doesn't seem very happy.

I did want to say this is not the type of trick I believe a novice should attempt. Most tricks are relatively simple, and as long as you know the appropriate time to reward the desired behavior, not too much bad can happen. However, this might be one of those tricks that take multiple steps in order to learn correctly without harming the dog's neck. For more information on training techniques this link has great information for the beginner. Learning Theory, Teaching New Behaviors, Putting Behaviors on Cue, & Proofing - Dog Forums

I just saw your post that she was blind, yeah I guess that does explain things. Smart dog.

I don't know, I think it was odd. I felt bad for Gracie. Take a bow, take a bow take a bow.. stop already!! I don't know, it grated on me. JMO (shurg) don't know why it bothered me :confused:

Awww..........I did not read that!

I'm betting she has to explain that a lot because someone left her a similar comment, so she's probably used to explaining that. She says that Gracie does get excited to do the tricks. It's just hard to see. It must be really hard to engage a dog to learn tricks with no eye contact!!

I think this is just wonderful! How sweet that she takes so much time to teach Gracie these tricks. Some owners just ddon't care and this little girl is obviously loved and even with a handicap, she does a great job! She deserves some applause!
:bravo::bravo::good job::number1ri:clapsmile:clapsmile:clapsmile

My dog was blind in both eyes. She loved to do tricks when she was blind in one eye. She had glaucoma which had progressed to both her eyes. Once she became blind in both eyes, she did not enjoy alot of activites she use to. Like us humans, dogs become depressed after losing eyesight. Some dogs do perfectly fine blind, others like my dog suffer from it. She was in terrible pain and I could not afford to remove her eyes [which was needed with the severity of her case] so I had to put her down. If the money was there I would of still have my baby girl, blind and no eyes, she would of still been the love of my life. She did fairly good blind, she knew her way around the house without bumping into things. But what made me realize she wasn't the same was when she would go on walks. When you mentioned the word 'walk' she would be the happiest dog ever, when she became blind, she couldn't care less. We still went on short walks, but she felt very insecure and not enjoying them as much as she did. She spent most the time sleeping on her dog bed. But again many dogs do very well blind, just a bit insecure than dogs that can see.

Here she is performing some tricks [not a handstand or anything] when she was blind in one eye. BTW she wasn't a yorkie ;) Sorry about the quality of the video. I miss that little wagging tail.

Originally Posted by For My Coby
Gracie is blind (it says in the video notes). I think that would explain her "careful" movements. I think that might have been what you were referring to?

Oh! Well. That explains it. You go Gracie!!;)

Aww, she's adorable. I'm so sorry for your loss. I can tell you loved her a lot. It's so interesting that you said that they sometimes get "depressed" after losing their eyesight. I hadn't really thought about that, but it makes perfect sense.

I have a cat who is completely blind right now, but she seems perfectly happy. But then what cat isn't completely happy simply laying around except when walking the familiar path to the food bowl. ;)

Thank you.
She lived for abou 8 years with us, we got her as an adult. Another time she got depressed was the loss of her pup from an accidental litter. It was the only pup she had and I think it was born a stillborn. She wasn' even interested in FOOD :eek: for about some days. I had put the pup in a shoebox for burial and she seen me do that. I had a couple of shoeboxes in my closet and she would sniff the shoeboxes time to time, I guess looking for her puppy :( Very hard to see them get depressed and go through that suffering.

that is so sad!!! :(

omg! i feel so terrible for posting that. i only wanted ppl to see wat a great trick she did. i didnt mean for people w sad stories to remember... im so sorry to those people

Its ok, I liked going back and watching that video of her, brought back good memories. ;)

That is so sweet. But if you hadn't, I probably would have never gotten to see Candy317's video of sweet Didi!! (hope I have her name right) :)

Yup your right. ;)

I'm glad the OP shared that video with me too, it was very cute and sweet. Amazing what dogs are capable of even with a disability. :)

I thought it was kind of strange, like others did....because when I bought a diaper like that for Bandit he couldn't walk in it and he kept lifting his butt like that so that may be helping in the whole hand stand thing but the taking a bow could be real. JMO I could be totally wrong.

I thought the same thing! I started thinking, ok how many times does she have to do it before she is rewarded...And she fell over a few times trying to walk on her front paws....It was kinda sad

Wow that's amazing that she was able to teach such cool tricks. She is very devoted to her dog. I can't imagine how she got her to stand on her front paws like that.