All of Jackson's tricks (video!)
 

So, I finally took the video camera out while training/doing some tricks with Jackson at 5 months old. He's been doing so good and picks up on most things pretty fast! "Bang bang" took a while but he's finally doing it pretty consistently!! I absolutely hate hearing my own voice on camera, lol, but whatever. Here it is:

YouTube - Jackson's Tricks @ 5 months old

The tricks shown in this video are
-Sit
-Stay
-Come
-Down
-Shake
-High-Five
-Play Dead "Bang Bang"
-(Semi) roll over

We're still working on getting him to roll ALL the way over! :D But he's getting there.

Video quality isn't the greatest but the lighting was awful in the room.

Aww, so cute!

Yorkies are sooo smart. I can't wait to teach mine tricks!

He's GOOD! WTG Jackson :thumbup:

Thanks, I'm proud of my little man!

awwww.....Jackson, u r such a good boy! Good Job Cutie!;)
btw, couldn't help but notice yr gate in the background. Love the way it opens! Do u mind if I ask where to find one like that? Thx!

Hey, yeah it's really convienant and was very easy to set up! The door opens and closes and shuts by itself. I got it at Target...

Dream Baby Swinging Security Gate with Extensions - Black : Target

Wonderful! Thanks so much! My daughter's looking for a gate & I just might have to get one of these too!

i LOVE it! it reminds me of prince sooo much.. he does the semi roll over too lol its so cute. sometimes i just give him a little push and he goes all the way over then he gets really proud of himself. i love the "bang bang" we're gunna have to try that one lol very cutee:D

Jackson is so smart! I can't believe he can do all that at 5 months! My babies have got a LOT of work to do! GOOD JOB JACKSON! *high five*

Any pointers on teaching tricks? I noticed that you were giving him lots of treats, what kind were they?

Aw thanks!

As for pointers (I'm not good at explaining things!) but basically patience and practice! For "bang bang" (which took the longest- like 2 weeks ) I would say "bang bang" and do the gun motion and then with my other hand, sort of push him over. And most of the time he was very corpoerative with staying on his belly and then I would repeat the command and give him a treat. At first, it was tough because when I would say "Bang bang" he learned that I was going to push him over, so he would sort of jump away from me LOL. But after about a week, I guess he gave up and just let me push him over. The prob was getting him to fall over by himself. He finally just "got it" I guess and it clicked what he wanted me to do. Praised him like crazy!

This sites got pretty good info in a fairly simple explanation-
Dog Tricks! Shake, Crawl, Beg, Kiss, Roll Over, Bow, and more!

As for treats, I gave him little bit pieces of cheese. He loved it!! Makes him really want to do more tricks! lol. I've used different dog treats and he gets really sick of them fast. So I resorted to using something else and cheese did the trick. He also loves cheerios and special K cereal. The DOG treat he always seemed to love is "101 Abudance" treats (I think that's what they're called)

How do you get your dog not to be so side tracked by the treats you have?? My lil Daisy May is 1 1/2 yr old non poddy poo poo trained..

So cute....great job!!!!

Wooo hoooo! :D Brit - he's BRILLIANT! And you're a brilliant teacher....nothing wrong with your voice either! :)

Love the Bang Bang semi-roll towards the end - loved the whole video, such a clever boy at only 5 months?!!? Bet you've got him speaking English by now? :eek: :D Sally + Harry x

Oh my! This is an old thread! lol.

Awww Jax was sooo tiny. Miss puppy Jackson.
Here was his newest video, which was still a while back in Feb 2011. Really need to make a new one!

You are really good at training him. It would be nice if you could do some videos showing new owners how to train their dogs to do basic things like sit, down, stay, come, shake. So many people have no idea what the process is. Maybe you could do a sticky!
Jackson really pays close attention doesn't he!