Pongo has developed a very clear view on travelling in the car. I open the back door and ask him to get in (the back seats are now nicely covered with one of those seat protectors, it works well). He looks at me. I click my fingers, say 'hup hup hup', wave my hands wildly over the seats. He looks at me. I physically lift up his front paws, put them on the seat, say 'hup hup hup hup hup' again, click fingers, wave hands. He looks at me (and brings his feet back down onto the ground). I can see the think-bubble over his head: "Show me the money, mum." I put my hand in my pocket and bring out the sliver of dog-treat. I don't offer it to him, I just show him that it exists. Pongo leaps immediately into the car, whips around, lies down in a perfect pose on the back seat. I give him the biscuit. That dog doesn't trust me to pay him his wages. I am so offended. :
Re: Show me the money Honestly, he's like the guy behind the bar who takes a swipe of your credit card at the beginning of the evening to underwrite your tab.
Re: Show me the money Mine has a different approach in that he appears when the need arises with something in his mouth, a glove or one of his favourite toys which he will allow me to take,in exchange for a treat. It is the retriever instinct in him of wanting to please his master and one can almost see his ancestry displayed like a computer screen on the back of his eyeballs. Cunning devil! Roger
Re: Show me the money Simba will only jump in the back of the van if I toss a treat in first. I've tried to change this, but gave up. It works. :
Re: Show me the money Charlie will only get out of the car if shown a treat, he'll knock people flying to get in. This is because he is not allowed to jump out, so we held a treat to lure him to the edge (of the seat, crate, whatever) in order to pick him up (which is not his favourite thing). The treat became part of the cue, and now I need a seabiscuit to get him out of the car. :
Re: Show me the money Smart boy, Pongo, to do a quick liquidity check. Just going to boast by saying that Obi gets in the car on cue and is buckled up, then gets a treat. When it's time to get out he waits to be unbuckled, then waits for his treat for waiting, then jumps out on cue. Seriously, I think the only thing that matters is that your dog waits safely in the car and won't jump out until you cue it or produce a treat.
Re: Show me the money I laughed at this and felt very relieved - I thought I was the only one still rewarding an adult dog for getting in the car. : I've been trying to phase it out, so Molly gets one about every 6th time roughly, but sometimes she digs her heels in and 'does a Pongo'! ;D
Re: Show me the money [quote author=Oberon link=topic=10824.msg161314#msg161314 date=1430857059] Just going to boast by saying that Obi gets in the car on cue and is buckled up, then gets a treat. When it's time to get out he waits to be unbuckled, then waits for his treat for waiting, then jumps out on cue. [/quote] I've long suspected Obi is a bit of a head boy type... ;D ;D ;D
Re: Show me the money Maybe head boy of the kind of school you wouldn't actually want to send your son to ;D
Re: Show me the money [quote author=Oberon link=topic=10824.msg161320#msg161320 date=1430858663] Maybe head boy of the kind of school you wouldn't actually want to send your son to ;D [/quote] I can just see Obi tapping his paw sternly at Benson who he has just caught behind the bike sheds.... 8) 8) ;D
Re: Show me the money [quote author=Beanwood link=topic=10824.msg161325#msg161325 date=1430859269] [quote author=Oberon link=topic=10824.msg161320#msg161320 date=1430858663] Maybe head boy of the kind of school you wouldn't actually want to send your son to ;D [/quote] I can just see Obi tapping his paw sternly at Benson who he has just caught behind the bike sheds.... 8) 8) ;D [/quote] ;D With Poppy sniggering in the background? ;D
