What tricks do each of your dogs know?

[xellil]

I use "Hurry up" even though in human language that could mean so many things...hahaha. I seriously don't remember where I read to use "hurry up" but hey, the dogs know what I mean ;).

It's funny you say that - we have a neighbor with two dogs - he never takes them for a walk, but he puts them in the front yard to go pee. The SECOND they hit the grass he is yelling HURRY UP!! HURRY UP! where the whole neighborhood can hear him. But he's not saying it to tell them to pee. He really wants them to hurry up and get back inside as fast as possible.

the second they finish peeing he is waving his arms in the air yelling "hurry up" even louder and herding them back to the house. It is really obnoxious and the poor dogs don't even have a chance to sniff a bush.

He's the cranky old neighbor no one likes - I don't like him because I know he has leashes for those dogs. He could at least walk them to the fricken corner now and then.

Maybe he learned it as a "go potty" command a billion years ago, and took it literally.

[Oso]

Bear can do all the regular stuff, sit, stay, paw/shake, high five, down, speak/woof, up/down/off lol but my favorite thing he knows is "come on" which to him means, POO AND POO NOW! lol so I never have to wait around for him to sniff and make me and him overheat in the AZ 110+degree summertime, its so nice lol he will do it right after me saying it one time!

[Hadley]

I am so lazy with trick training... my dogs don't know many. He basically knows how to sit, stay, down, drop (two different things for us), wait, heel (more or less..), touch, wave, give paw, and that's it. We do rally/OB so he can walk through all of those different commands in a routine. We also do agility and he's learning to take subtle cues via my body language... but that is it. I really want to teach him some cute tricks..but like I said, I always get lazy and never follow through..

Phineas knows how to sit and wave lol.

[Khan]

Khan is a VERY good Sitter! When we walk and come to a crosswalk, he sits at every corner. He knows down, stay, he comes on a dime, which I'm very proud of! He knows Leave it, out of the kitchen, and some other things I've taught him.
He also has many god given talents! One of which is Spinning! He is a VERY good spinner. He spins 3 circles before he sits and waits for me to put his breakfast and dinner down! Another one is Snoring and Lip Flapping. When he is really really sleeping he snores so hard that his lips catch air which makes them flap! LOL!!

[xellil]

I am so lazy with trick training... my dogs don't know many. He basically knows how to sit, stay, down, drop (two different things for us), wait, heel (more or less..), touch, wave, give paw, and that's it. We do rally/OB so he can walk through all of those different commands in a routine. We also do agility and he's learning to take subtle cues via my body language... but that is it. I really want to teach him some cute tricks..but like I said, I always get lazy and never follow through..

Phineas knows how to sit and wave lol.

I'm not much into trick training either. I like to have a point to stuff. I remember actually balking at teaching my dog "stand" because I couldn't see any use for it - why couldn't he just sit? Until I actually saw the use for it.

I have to admit, though, dogs that do it are awfully cute.

[Jacksons Mom]

That is an adorable video. He's so cute! We tried to do that walk through your legs thing in dog class but dang that's hard to do with a dog who is taller than your crotch. He's a really smart puppy!

Hehe. Thanks! I can imagine how hard it would be with a bigger dog! LOL

[cprcheetah]

Shellie can sit, down, roll over, speak, learning to 'catch', can wait for her meals up to 5 minutes
Ziva can smile and sit lol, she's got a VERY VERY short attention span
Zoey can 'pray', and lay down, she has arthritis in her bum/hips/knees so I don't force the sit issue with her.

[CorgiPaws]

I'm with Re, I guess I just don't expect a whole ton. If they're plesent to live with, aren't embarrassing in public, or total a**holes to guests, I'm a pretty happy camper.
Not sure what qualifies as tricks, most of what I tend to focus on is just shaping them into decent canine companions. I've never understood why certain things matter, like the difference between sit-stay and down-stay. If I want my dog to stay, I really don't care if they're standing, sitting, or balancing on their heads, to be honest. I know, I'm a bad trainer. lol


They ALL know:
Sit
Leave It
Drop It
Take It
Down (Mousse is kinda hit or miss on hard surfaces)
Settle
In/Outside
Load Up (Braxton-FINALLY)
Recall
Quiet (Zailey, Timber, Braxton are a little 'woofy' sometimes)
Off
They all know to stay out of the kitchen, too.
We let them in the front yard every night (much bigger than the back) to run, supervised, and they know to stay on the property.


Timber and Kola are great with Touch.
Annie knows Go Potty
Braxton is absolutely excellent with sitting for crowds of people to pet him, and not intimidated at all by wheelchairs.


Zailey is learning touch.
Annie is learning Sing (howl)


I'm awful. None know roll over, play dead, shake or any other cutsie tricks. :-(

[hmbutler]

I've never understood why certain things matter, like the difference between sit-stay and down-stay. If I want my dog to stay, I really don't care if they're standing, sitting, or balancing on their heads, to be honest. I know, I'm a bad trainer. lol

Haha yeah when I started teaching duke to lay down, he'd do it every time I say sit as well lol. Now it's hit or miss, if I say sit, he sometimes lays down, sometimes sits. But either way, he's staying where I wanted him, so I let it slide. I wont be entering him in any dog shows, so I think it's ok lol

As for the rest, he knows no cutesy tricks as yet... I'm still trying to get his recall sorted!! lol

[Dude and Bucks Mamma]

We are still working with Buck but he knows:

sit
stay
shake
down
crawl
flip treats off his nose (and will wait until we say "ok" to do so)
"You wanna go?"-runs to the leash hooks to be leashed up

Dude knows:

sit
stay
shake
down
crawl
"What's a dog say?" (barks)
"Whisper" (he gives out a quiet little 'wuff')
howls on command.

After reading Linsey's mine both know:

"Go pee"
Leave it
Drop it
GIT!-For when I can't seem to walk through my own house without a dog underfoot
Go lay down-go to their respective beds rather than lay down right where they are at
Stay out of the kitchen
Off
Quiet-for barking
Enough-for playing
C'mere (ie "Come" to normal people)

I have never really thought of those as "tricks" though. I desire the same things as my dogs that Linsey does but I like teaching them stupid little pet tricks because sometimes, it rains in Washington. Heehee. When it's rainy outside and Nick's gone and the three of us are cooped up inside I like engaging their brains by learning something new. Sure, I can entertain them with their Kong ball, but then I feel left out. Hahaha. They serve no purpose but they keep us entertained when we have nothing else to do.