Bubblezzz Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 This is an idea that bf & I have toyed with for a long time. We'd like to teach Cosmic to "read" a menu. :lol: How it might work: [b]Tools:[/b] - 4 Menu "Cues" ---> Laminated pictures (a fish, a cow, a sheep and a chicken) glued onto differently shaped objects. (Could be children's plastic toy blocks or something.) - Lots of cooked fish, lamb, beef and chicken. :lol: - A clicker. Starting with one cue, we'll teach him to associate bringing us (or pawing) a specific cue with a certain type of food. Eg.: When Cosmic paws the 'chicken' cue, he gets a piece of chicken. Once he learns one cue, we teach him the next - and interchange them so that he understands that the different cues stand for different foods. Once he learns all 4 :D (YAY!) we can ask him at dinner: [b]"Chicken, Fish, Beef or Lamb today?"[/b] :eating: :lol: :lol: And he'll paw the cue to 'order' his meal!! :lol: Cool or what?! 8) And we don't have to guess his favourites anymore. ;) Anything you guys would like to teach your dogs? And how would you go about teaching it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten_two Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 aspen can 'read' it's a great trick for going to kids' homes or nursing homes. course his is all predicated on his understanding of body signals for certain things (sit, down, etc) but people seem to really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten_two Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 and flush? he's not big enough to flush :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMaya Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I taught Jackie how to play dead by pointing at her and saying "Bang." But it takes a while for her to die. I usually have to shoot her a few times. I wish I could teach them to shake their body on cue. Maya always likes to wait until she's inside before she shakes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Debbie Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 [quote name='rotten_two']and flush? he's not big enough to flush :D[/quote] we can rig a little pull chain...... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__crazy_canine__ Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Theres lots of things Id love to teach my dog. Although most things Id rather start on a pup... an APBT puppy to be exact. :wink: *cough Hmmmm cough* :lol: Im kind of impatient so I dont know if Id ever really do any of this, but Id really like to teach Kat (and my future dogs) to learn the names of all their toys and to pick them up and put them away on cue. I want my dogs to fetch me Pepsi from the fridge too. :lol: I see that on tv all the time and everytime I do, I think it would be awesome to teach a dog to do that. A few tricks Id like to teach are play dead, say your prayers, shake, etc. I know how to teach them but at the same time I dont.... I just cant seem to get Kat to do it right. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 How to pick up the poo. Seriously. Barring that, teaching them all to go in one corner of the yard! :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__crazy_canine__ Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Pyr, my dog already knows how to do that unfortunately. :o Mmm, poopsicles. :x :lol: My old dog, Shilo used to always go in the back corner of our yard so we never had to pick up poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten_two Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 well as long as we're going fantasy i would like to teach them to do my taxes :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I would love to teach my dogs to clean up their toys! Ya know just pick them up and drop them into their toybox. I've stepped on, tripped over, stubbed toes, etc. so many times I've lost count! :lol: Every time that I clean up the toys they always drag them ALL right back out again. Doesn't matter if they're playing with them or not. They ALL have to be out on the floor! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 cc, yeah, poopsicles, argh. Truly in the realm of fantasy? Go to work while I sleep all day! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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