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What fun tricks should I teach2007-11-25 2:51:35

I'll be getting a dog from the shelter within the month and want to teach it some fun tricks. My room mate really wants the dog to be able to fetcha nd play frisbee, that's not a problem, that's an easy one to teach and is very common. But what about some other tricks? I love crazy tricks and sequences of behaviors that are really neat. What do you think I should teach the dog? can involve hoops, or stools or, jumpropes, whatever you can think off. make it fun though.

my cat, the most lazy cat alive, is willing to jump onto jump about anything and from one object to the other and even over to me, dang those back claws though. o.O she meows on command, fetches, begs, rolls over, will "smile" (freaky looking) and a few other things.

what to teach the dog!? i can't wait to start training! yay

Answers:

Philosophy

Dogs learn fast if they are motivated. In order to teach your dog to perform some tricks, it's a good idea to choose a trick that you think your dog might enjoy doing. This means that if your dog has never carried anything in his mouth, you should not start by trying to teach him to retrieve or carry things.

It is possible to teach almost any dog to retrieve, but maybe you should start with something easier or completely different, like 'shake hands', play hide and seek, etc.

When he's doing it Right

In order to learn the desired trick, the dog needs to know when he is doing the right things. If you toss a tennis ball from your hand and say 'retrieve!', many dogs run after the ball as desired, but it's unfair to expect the dog to know you want the ball brought back to you, unless you can clearly 'tell' him that.