Trick Challenge – Palm Touch
DashDash has known how to touch her nose to my palm for quite awhile. However, I have only been asking her to do it when she was close to me. It was my way of getting her to focus. I …
Category: 50 Tricks in a Year
DashDash Trick Dog Challenge Update #2 – “Get Dressed”
DashDash learned to “get dressed” in one training session. “Get dressed” is her cue to stick her head through her collar. I shaped the behavior in less than 5 minutes. She already knew to touch something with her nose. As …
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DashDash Trick Dog Challenge – We’re Back!
DashDash’s Trick Challenge to learn 50 tricks was interrupted. We had some pretty heavy distractions, including a couple sessions of DashDash receiving kidney dialysis due to contracting Leptospirosis. DashDash was feisty, happy, and active one week. The next week she …
Upcoming Trick Dog Evaluations
CGCU & AKC Trick Dog Evaluations at the Clark County Kennel Club Performance Event Clark County Fairgrounds Ridgefield, WA May 11 & 12 9 am – 3:00 pm Basic props will be provided. Bring any specialty props needed for a …
How to Train the “Get In” Dog Trick
You think Bounder is cute sitting in his box? Get In is a fairly simple trick to teach your dog. Shaping is the quickest training method to teach this command. If you don’t yet have shaping skills, you can train …
Trick Challenge – Nod Head “Yes”
DashDash learned to nod her head “yes”. I shaped the behavior in about six 5 minute sessions. Shaping is my preferred method of training when I want my dog to interact with something. She already knew to touch her nose …
Trick Challenge
I was talking to someone today about my trick class. That person asked me how many commands my Doberman, DashDash, knows. She also asked me how many of the tricks listed in Kyra Sundance’s multiple books did my dog know …
I’ll teach my dog 50 tricks…
After the last commercial I did for the Humane Society in Seattle, WA I decided to challenge myself with teaching each of my dogs 50 tricks in the next year.