OT - Annie (d-pet) has learned a new trick!

Annie has learned to “shake” – or as we call it “paw”!

She doesn’t really respond to the word as much as she does the action of
either Jeff or I holding out our right hand, palm up, in front of us,
with a treat in our left. She learned this after 3 tries that I did NOT
have the treat in my right hand! I first would take her paw in my right
hand (after she sniffed it to make ABSOLUTELY sure there was no treat
being offered), and say the word, and then give her the treat with my
left. Then I started offering her my hand and saying the word, and –
BOOM – she would raise her left paw and put it in my hand – then I gave
her the treat. A couple times she gets so excited over the treat, she’s
tried to give me a ‘high five’ instead! Now, sometimes, even if I don’t
extend my right hand, she raises her paw in anticipation of getting a treat!

And she learned when we spell “out” that it means the same as when we
say it – now I’ve been spelling it backwards (tuo), and wondering how
long it it will be before she figures THAT meaning!

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Annie has learned to “shake” – or as we call it “paw”!

She doesn’t really respond to the word as much as she does the action of
either Jeff or I holding out our right hand, palm up, in front of us, with
a treat in our left. She learned this after 3 tries that I did NOT have
the treat in my right hand! I first would take her paw in my right hand
(after she sniffed it to make ABSOLUTELY sure there was no treat being
offered), and say the word, and then give her the treat with my left.
Then I started offering her my hand and saying the word, and – BOOM – she
would raise her left paw and put it in my hand – then I gave her the
treat. A couple times she gets so excited over the treat, she’s tried to
give me a ‘high five’ instead! Now, sometimes, even if I don’t extend my
right hand, she raises her paw in anticipation of getting a treat!

And she learned when we spell “out” that it means the same as when we say
it – now I’ve been spelling it backwards (tuo), and wondering how long it
it will be before she figures THAT meaning!

Isn't it scary how smart d*gs can be? Especially with the right
"motivation"? ;

I don't own a d*g, and probably won't until I can retire and have the time
to properly train and care for one. But I still watch every episode of
"It's Me Or The D*g" on Animal Planet - Victoria Stillwell is AMAZING!
Forget the "D*g Whisperer", she can get d*gs to obey her the first time she
meets them, with her body language alone! And I like the fact that she
doesn't use the "domination" method - she uses the d*g's instincts and pack
behavior to get them to do what she wants. I definitely recommend watching
it to anyone who is training a d*g!

Hugs,

CatNipped


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