Tricks

This isnt really a trick as such but my collie gives the most amazing hugs, real human like hugs. She started it shortly after we rescued her age 2. I started saying "hug please" as she was doing it and now I get hugs on demand. Because she takes her hugs so seriously the "hug please" comes in handy if I want to distract her from being naughty

Moone can do sit, down, roll over, give paw, speak (ask), get sticks for the fire when asked and spin. I posted a video of her doing them in the picture thread last year I'll try dig it out.

Alli's only with us 2 months but so far she can give the paw, sit & lie down. I'm trying to teach her to stand on her back legs but she can't quiet keep her balance yet without putting her front paws on my arm, we'll get there eventually

My daughter taught the dogs to jump through a hula hoop and the cat does the same since he wanted some of the attention they were getting.
Both dogs do the usual sit, high five, give the paw, Ollie bows, both speak, jump up onto, or down from when asked, dance on back legs, Tiffi jumps into your arms if you put your hands either side of her belly. Probably a few more I can't think of.
Cats, well jake jumps through hoop as said above, also gives high fives, Toby will sit and beg for a treat, Ruby talks to you, but that's it so far (she's only here 5 months).

Oh, Tiffi will run along a wall or anything you tell her (sleepers in garden most often) and Oliver has discovered when loose in the car, how to beep the horn to get me to come back!

I taught Twitch to sleep all day on command. It's amazing, he gets it right every time!

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Although having said that, if he's out having a run in his ball and my GF starts singing he'll follow her around like a puppy. It's actually adorable.

Whispered wrote: »

Oliver isn't a boxer by chance? Haha did you see that video of the boxer in the car beeping the horn?

Must look for that one!
Oliver is a Tibetan terrier, who has also learn to open cupboards and cans of sardines recently.

Whispered wrote: »

I love him what a cute happy little face. How does he get on at agility

Well, I may be slightly biased but I think he's great!

Bob does all the usual's - sit, stay, lie, beg, paw, dance, jump, up etc.... He learnt to respond to gestures without us consciously teaching them, he just picked up on our visual ques... As a result we have my little cousins convinced he speaks German, and my rugby mad uncles convinced he responds to "Crouch, touch, pause, engage" which is pretty funny...

He is also amazing at balancing things on his head, he can do anything from treats to hats to action figures!

His most impressive in my opinion is that he will lie down and I can put treats on his paws or his nose or his tail and he won't go near them until I tell him "Now". And it's only taken me 11 and 3/4 years to teach him self control! :P

As requested!

Shadow does Paw, Other Paw (to hand or to leg, whichever you hold out for him), Sit, Lie Down (for some reason he will only lie down if you point at the floor), Roll Over, Spin, Up, Off, Get the Fly (spiders), Where's the squeaky (get his closest toy), Window (look out the window), Who is it (check the front door), Say Please (bark), Wait (for treats), Play (into the arse-up play position), and Kiss!
He can close doors if asked too, but it has to be partially closed and you have to be standing and pointing at it for him to get it :P

I am bowled over by the cuteness that is this thread. Cute and smart pets you got there guys:)

Funny, mine don't have interest in spiders at all, but put wings on it and they would climb the walls to get a 'buzzybee' - which is the coverall word for flies, moths, bees, wasps, daddy long legs and any other winged insect that has the misfortune to fly into the house.

As for tricks, Coco will do the usual, sit, stay, down, paw, roll over. As well as get the ball - but she can make the distinction between ball - big ball - frisbee - monkey (current soft toy) and bring the relevant one. She's also very good at "show me" - when she wants you to do something - she gets your attention and when you ask "show me" she looks directly at whatever she wants thrown or helped out of under a chair. Sometimes you get a dance with the look as well.

One thing that she taught us - from a young age she always tapped the door with her paw to get out for a wee, from that she realised that the tap got our attention so she took to tapping her food bowl when she was hungry to get her dinner.

Benson does a few bits along with the basics, he'll jump through a hula hoop and come through my legs and sit around by my side. He'll also sort of 'talk' on command - if I look at him and pull a certain face (imagine a huge, over the top smily face!) and then immediately turn away, he'll "talk" to make me look back, by talk he's make a mumbly grumbly noise until I look back and pull the face again. He'll also say "yes" and "no", well his "yes" is sort of "heh" and "no" is "row", but he's getting there! He'll also automatically give the paw when he wants something - he sits and gives a certain look and if you approach you get the 'autopaw'!