Jackson doing tricks

[manolos mom]

I cant believe how smart Jackson is....WOW..

[Britster]

Aw, thank you so much for comments!

[ferraritiffie]

Such a cute smart baby! Keep up the good work!!!

[chattiesmom]

What a good boy AND a good trainer mom. It looks like the two of you are communicating well. Keep up the good work.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

What a good boy AND a good trainer mom. It looks like the two of you are communicating well. Keep up the good work.

Thanks! We're a pretty good team - he's a good boy!

[Elaine Benise]

Oh the 'bang bang' cracks me UP!!!!!!!! I have to try that with mine!!! Love it!!

[chandracz]

How did you get him to do the bang bang?

[Britster]

Originally Posted by chandracz

How did you get him to do the bang bang?

That one took him longer. I would say "bang bang" and do the gun motion with my hand and then sort of push him over so he was on his side. I kept repeating this and repeating this. He soon learned he did NOT like being pushed over so whenever I would say "bang bang" he used to jump back away from me! He did that for a good 2 weeks or so before finally realizing "OH she wants me to fall over like that on my own!" lol. It took a lot of patience. I would do it every night basically or every other night for about 3 weeks until one night it finally just clicked! He was pretty corporative with me pushing him over though. The thing that took the longest really was getting him to be in a lay down position and fall over by himself. For about a week, he would just stay positioned on his back when I said "bang bang" but he would never fall over himself, if ya know what I mean. lol.

I taught him "down" first because that makes the trick easier.

[suda]

Great work and inspiration to keep us going with the lessons, we've mastered Sit and Down, trying hand shake but not much luck yet, like the High five, will add that to our next lessons after handshake has been mastered.

[ZeppelinsMommy]

O I love bang bang. Thats just so cute.We are going to have to learn that one. ...You have such a smart little guy .

[Britster]

Originally Posted by suda

Great work and inspiration to keep us going with the lessons, we've mastered Sit and Down, trying hand shake but not much luck yet, like the High five, will add that to our next lessons after handshake has been mastered.

Congrats! Shake took a while for Jackson, too. One day it will happen and they will shake your hand and you'll be so happy!

[chandracz]

Originally Posted by Britster

That one took him longer. I would say "bang bang" and do the gun motion with my hand and then sort of push him over so he was on his side. I kept repeating this and repeating this. He soon learned he did NOT like being pushed over so whenever I would say "bang bang" he used to jump back away from me! He did that for a good 2 weeks or so before finally realizing "OH she wants me to fall over like that on my own!" lol. It took a lot of patience. I would do it every night basically or every other night for about 3 weeks until one night it finally just clicked! He was pretty corporative with me pushing him over though. The thing that took the longest really was getting him to be in a lay down position and fall over by himself. For about a week, he would just stay positioned on his back when I said "bang bang" but he would never fall over himself, if ya know what I mean. lol.

I taught him "down" first because that makes the trick easier.

Wow, i'm giong to need lots of patience for this one!!! LOL! I'll have to try it out tho...

[Britster]

Originally Posted by chandracz

Wow, i'm giong to need lots of patience for this one!!! LOL! I'll have to try it out tho...

lol, yeah, it takes a while! But it's worth it when they FINALLY do it and it makes you so happy! lol