Interesting Old Dog Tricks

The teaching and training of dog tricks while not a necessarypart of a dog’s education, is an achievement that offer dogowners and his friends a great deal of amusement and addsmaterially to the value of a dog.

Training your dog tricks can be difficult and frustrating if youcannot achieve the results you want. However, unlike house andpotty training which are vital education for any dog, I feelthat the end-results is not the most significant element intrick training, to me the most important part is that both ofyou enjoy the training process and have fun along the way.

Listed in this article are 3 interesting dog tricks that you canteach your dog:

Dead Dog

Place a dog on his back or side or in any position you mayselect, threaten him with your forefinger and say “dead” or anyword that you may select to associate with this trick, use bothhands to help him stay in that position when you first begintraining. Praise him and offer treats if he can stay in position.

With regular practice, he should be able to stay in the positionin which you have placed him, it is only a question of practicewhen you can call to him and say “dead,” and he will lie downand stretch out in the position that you have accustomed him totaking.

Sneezing

With careful and patient training, most dogs can be taught tosneeze. This is accomplished by tickling the nose - with afeather. At first he will snap at it, and under normalcircumstances, most dogs will start to sneeze; he will not likethe feather very well and in course of time his imagination willforeshadow its effects and he will begin to sneeze as soon as itis pointed in close proximity to his nose. When he sneezes, usea command like “Sneeze”, to associate with this trick. As usual,praise and treat when he gets it right.

By repeating this operation at odd times the dog can be taughtto sneeze very creditably when you point your finger at his noseand give him the word “Sneeze,” and finally will do so simply atcommand.

This trick can be fun and entertaining but not easily achievableespecially with dominant dogs. If your dog get irritated andturn aggressive toward you when you tickle his nose, you shouldstop training immediately.

Bringing His Tail

During play, dogs frequently grasp their tails in their mouths.If you haven’t notice, if you take hold of your dog tail whileplaying with him, he will probably seize your hand, but if youskillfully slip his tail in his mouth he will grab it –Interesting!

These facts suggested the trick of “Bringing his tail.” It is arather difficult feat to accomplish, but it is possible for anyamateur to teach it to his dog providing the dog has a longenough tail and the trainer sufficient patience - Sorry to dogowners with short tails!

Anyway, this trick is very amusing, for when the dog has histail in his mouth he can only advance crab-fashion or sideways,with a tendency to go around in a circle without making muchadvance.

The first step in teaching this trick is to praise the dog whenhe first gets his tail in his mouth, and after he has held itfor a few moments bid him to let go and reward him.

Should he give up his hold before you order him to do so, speaksharply to him and begin all over again. When he learns to holdhis tail until ordered to relinquish it the first part of thetrick has been taught, and you can begin to teach him to bringit to you. To do this, step back a few feet from the dog in thedirection he can most easily advance, and call him.

If he releases his hold of his tail to come to you, ignore himand replace the tail in his mouth again, but when he comeswithout letting go he should be rewarded gradually increase thedistance you require him to carry his tail, but this task is sodifficult that he should not be asked to go more than ten ortwelve feet.

In beginning the trick, when you place his tail in his mouth say“Bring me your tail,” so as to accustom him to the command. Intime you will not have to place his tail in his mouth, butmerely hold it for him to grasp, and after still furtherpractice he will seize it at the word without your assisting him.

Enjoy training your dog new tricks, and most importantly enjoythe process and have a great deal of fun and laughter!

About the author:Moses Chia is a dog lover and owner of DogsObedienceTraining.com– The dog training resource site for a happier and healthierdog. You are welcome to reprint this article if you keep thecontent and live link intact.

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