Jackson, the smart Yorkie (tricks)

[Mom to Hot Rod]

Awww, that is a great video. Jackson is such a cutie pie!

[ZoeyBo]

sooooo cute!! love the vid!!

[Sweet Apple]

Oh wow, if I ever need a smile, it's as close as a video of Jackson...But it's sooooo cute, that while I'm smiling, I sometimes get welled up too lol...it's my sensitive side...He's just so darn cute, and you just love him so darn much, it's an emotional "thang" lol...Once again, good job Brit

[Britster]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

Oh wow, if I ever need a smile, it's as close as a video of Jackson...But it's sooooo cute, that while I'm smiling, I sometimes get welled up too lol...it's my sensitive side...He's just so darn cute, and you just love him so darn much, it's an emotional "thang" lol...Once again, good job Brit

Aww, thank you!

[friscomom]

Man you guys have been busy. I would love to get Frisco doing the high five. And I would love to see a 'basketball' video if you make one, I still can't picture that! Thanks for sharing the resources! I was teaching Frisco about wolves on youtube this morning, he thought that was pretty cool. I wonder if he'd watch dog trick videos...

I bought a clicker too, but it's already in the junk drawer. I knew it would be, it's so...unnatural...and useless if you can't find it!

[Britster]

Originally Posted by friscomom

Man you guys have been busy. I would love to get Frisco doing the high five. And I would love to see a 'basketball' video if you make one, I still can't picture that! Thanks for sharing the resources! I was teaching Frisco about wolves on youtube this morning, he thought that was pretty cool. I wonder if he'd watch dog trick videos...

I bought a clicker too, but it's already in the junk drawer. I knew it would be, it's so...unnatural...and useless if you can't find it!

This is Uni playing basketball... (YT member captnoonie)

YouTube - Uni yorkie playing basketball take 1

Jackson can't do this yet! LOL

[jeanm1963]

Aww so cute , glad you like your new Mac.. we love ours too!

[friscomom]

Originally Posted by Britster

This is Uni playing basketball... (YT member captnoonie)
Jackson can't do this yet! LOL

Ooooh I get it! Thanks, it looks easier than I was picturing! I dumped a pile of ping pong balls & try as I might to get Frisco to put them in a bowl with me, he didn't think much of bounce noise they made in there, and wouldn't do it. But he shoveled them all into his 'pet carrier'?

Well, we have 'high five' going strong this morning already, thanks, we both love taking a break from regular programming and trying something new.

See my other post for the 21st century duct tape yorkie...pictures to come...at least...we think he's a yorkie...

[Britster]

Originally Posted by friscomom

Ooooh I get it! Thanks, it looks easier than I was picturing! I dumped a pile of ping pong balls & try as I might to get Frisco to put them in a bowl with me, he didn't think much of bounce noise they made in there, and wouldn't do it. But he shoveled them all into his 'pet carrier'?

Well, we have 'high five' going strong this morning already, thanks, we both love taking a break from regular programming and trying something new.

See my other post for the 21st century duct tape yorkie...pictures to come...at least...we think he's a yorkie...

Good for you!

[friscomom]

Not today he's missing

[spiritwings1202]

I loved the video and he is so darn smart! what a cutie Pie!

[spiritwings1202]

Originally Posted by Britster

Thanks everyone! As for me making tutorial videos -- I don't know about that! LOL. I'm terrible at explaining things. We'll see. I prefer to listen to other peoples advice.



Thank you!



Jackson is 1 year old (and 3 months to be exact). I honestly NEVER expected to be into training when I got Jackson but I quickly realized how smart he was and put him to work. It helps during these Winter months when we can't really go outside as much to keep him occupied and keep his brain movin'. I trained him using various different methods I saw on YouTube as well as through reading. I've heard great things about clicker training but have yet to try it out. I did just buy a clicker so we're gonna give it a whirl.



He does learn pretty quickly (of course, he's no Border Collie ) but certain tricks will take him longer than others. He learned crawl in about 2 minutes (we're still working on fading the treat lure) but it took him 2 weeks to learn "bang bang, you're dead" and we're still working on perfecting take a bow... he's not 100% consistent with it yet. Some YouTube sites I used were usernames kikopup and zakgeorge21 but if you do a few searches you will find more! A great beginner site is Dog Tricks! Shake, Crawl, Beg, Kiss, Roll Over, Bow, and more!

I just checked that site out! That is an amzing site, easy to follow steps to help you teach the simple lil tricks. Thanks so much!!

[ritzydaisy]

You're doing great! Keep making those videos of Jackson. He's a star!

[Becky63]

That is awesome.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by spiritwings1202

I just checked that site out! That is an amzing site, easy to follow steps to help you teach the simple lil tricks. Thanks so much!!

You're welcome!

I also just bought the book 101 Dog Tricks by Kyra Sundance and it's awesome!