Thursday, March 25, 2010

Another new trick?

The other day I offered Kodo a greenie and he was so excited that he did something different as a behavior to try to get the treat. So I attached a word to it, and have him about halfway taught to do it on command now.

I put him in a sit, hold out my hand and say "Shake" and he puts his right paw in my hand. Then I tell him "beg" and using the paw in my hand for a brace and balance, he puts his other front paw on top of the first one and "sits up"! For those of you with smaller dogs, this may not sound too impressive, but remember than Bernese Mountain dogs are REALLY not built for that sort of thing! :)

Pics coming soon hopefully...

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