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My dog April is pretty smart, except for the occasional head bonk that makes her look stupidly clumsy. She knows a slew of tricks and commands, but 2 I cannot seem to teach her are rollover, and speak. A friend suggested a tip for “roll over”– taking a treat, and moving it past her face and around the back of her head… trying to get her to follow it and roll over after it. My dog, sees that it’s going behind her head, and just turns the other way to catch it on the revolution. Plan foiled.
Also, April is not much of a barker in general, but MAN does this dog grumble, mumble and moan. Her yawns are quite boisterous. I cannot get her to grumble on command, and barking is out of the question. And I will admit, I have made a fool of myself, making noises at her, trying to imitate her grumbles or half-barks…. she just stares at me blankly. I think she’s laughing at me on the inside. Probably tells her doggie friend about it.
Any tips from you fellow dog owners? Did you teach your dog these tricks?
I think this was my dog Jack about 6 months ago. I tried, and tried to get him to do simple tricks such as sit, lay and shake. He would just stand there staring at me and eventually I would just walk off in disgust. Well my 4 year old over the last 4 months has trained that dog to sit, lay, shake, and talk. I don’t say “speak” cause he doesn’t bark, he whines and groans moving his mouth up and down as if he’s talking. Sitting and shaking are the two tricks my boy loves to have him do. Kyler, my 4 year old, even showed his mother and I a hand gesture he does when he has Jack’s toy to make him sit, so that he doesn’t even have to tell him verbally. I honestly think my son and the dog are conspiring to make me go crazy, but at least I can now get him to sit when we play fetch, it just took my 4 year old to teach him. 🙂
ha ha, leave it to a 4 year old, huh? It’s amazing how some people are just “animal people”… my mom is, dogs just gravitate to her… I’d like to think I had that trait passed down to me, but don’t think I’m quite in her league yet. The way that Jack “speaks/talks”.. that’s what I am aiming for with April…if she could make a noise like she does when she yawns…YEEEEEORRWFF…. that’s all I want!
This looks very familiar … only my dog is a cat. Or possibly an alien posing as a cat. Or … something like that. 🙂
might want to have a vet take a look at that, LOL
That’s when i say “sit” “Stay” and feel all smug.
gotta work with whatcha got, eh?
I have a dachshund. I’ve had him for sixteen years. He’s never done a ‘trick’ or listened to a command. Not once.
What’s the point?
so… basically… he’s a cat? ;0)
I had a Great Pyrenees. Rosie’s idea of playing fetch was to trot up to the stick and sit down waiting for me to run to her. She didn’t do ANY tricks at all.
LOL! Sounds familiar to April’s version of fetch. Half-fetch. I throw the ball, she chases, and loses interest halfway there. She much prefers “keep-away”
That’s why the only trick I teach my dog is “stay still and pant”. 🙂
well at least you got “stay” in there. That one can be hard to teach!
The one thing my dog does really well is bark whenever someone rings the doorbell. Other than that it’s pretty much act nuts all day long. The cats, on the other hand, know exactly what to do to get what they want. The stereotype of cats being devious is absolutely true.