so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

i feel so blessed to have a lovely young boy, my nephew who as brain damage as a result of meningitis visits my house just to see jasper,,he is 15 year old, he as started to give commands to jasper, sit/lie/shake hands/nod his head/sit and wait/ bring letter/news paper even put food on his knee get jasper to sit leave, ok to take, what else can i teach him for my nephew ?....we do lots of games like treats under pan lids,.....we don't or want to do paper games, what else can i do ? please

 

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He sounds lovely

How about putting a treat, put hands behind his back and put treat in one hand, bring both hands in front and ask which hand. I do this with Harley and she uses her paw to choose a hand. I also sometimes use a small ball or toy.

Sorry, no other ideas......you are far more advanced in training than me as Harley is only 6 months old

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

thank you, will get him to try that one, jasper is 13 month, i will get a photo of them together

 

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Yes please

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

What about roll over or bow? Or bark on cue?

Must be lovely to see them together

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

What an awesome idea! Roll over is fun. Or spin in a circle?

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

Annette will confirm that I have taught Obi to spin with all the energy and speed of paint drying and that he has also been taught to ignore the 'roll over' cue in front of other people.

 

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[quote author=Oberon link=topic=4423.msg53780#msg53780 date=1392191855]
he has also been taught to ignore the 'roll over' cue in front of other people.
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O wow! We're doing great with this! Charlie with 100% reliability will ignore any command in front of a gundog trainer, and we're at about 80% in front of other people too! Whey-hey!

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

I think my OH taught Riley to high5 and to play dead when he's shot

He has also successfully taught him to ignore these commands in front of me so I only have his word for it

 

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he wont roll over,......we have tried and tried,.......just trying to think of some things he can do with him,

 

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[quote author=JulieT link=topic=4423.msg53785#msg53785 date=1392194145]
[quote author=Oberon link=topic=4423.msg53780#msg53780 date=1392191855]
he has also been taught to ignore the 'roll over' cue in front of other people.
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O wow! We're doing great with this! Charlie with 100% reliability will ignore any command in front of a gundog trainer, and we're at about 80% in front of other people too! Whey-hey!
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I was saying the same thing to someone in the park this morning!gotta love their reliability x

 

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Oh how lovely! How about bark on command?

 

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[quote author=JulieT link=topic=4423.msg53785#msg53785 date=1392194145]
[quote author=Oberon link=topic=4423.msg53780#msg53780 date=1392191855]
he has also been taught to ignore the 'roll over' cue in front of other people.
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O wow! We're doing great with this! Charlie with 100% reliability will ignore any command in front of a gundog trainer, and we're at about 80% in front of other people too! Whey-hey!
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Excellent work, Julie. This takes genuine dedication. Just keep at it and you will conquer that remaining 20%.

 

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Haha Rachael we did have a giggle about Obi's spin enthusiasm the other day when the kids were listing off all the things they wanted to teach Milly. Jessica is going to teach her to drop dead when she shoots her. She is ATM teaching the cat and wants to do a double act. Lol I think the cat will die and Milly will pounce on her and kill her all over again. Lol. By the way it is totally funny to watch the cat die by shooting. It's a very dramatic slow dead. Hehe.

 

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We have just taught Benson to fall down on the "bang bang" cue...has us in hysterics as he does this in slow motion. We used the "down" command first..then rolled him gently and repeated "bang" followed by lots of praise and treats. Think I have our first attempts on you tube somewhere... ;D

 

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Jasper is a lovely dog Lynne and great credit to you.
Dexter can do Bang Bang too....I wish I'd taught him the whole sequence though ie Put Em up.ive just taught him to do it following a lie down command....must look up,how to incorporate put Em up bit.
Sophie posted a great video of Lilly doing it x

 

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i saw the video it was brilliant, might try it

 

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here we go barbara, jasper now does high 5, cant wait to get some photos of tom doing all his tricks with jasper,.....i have not told him he now does high 5

 

Re: so proud, my little guy is turning in to a fine young man

He looks beautiful. And very proud of himself.

 

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thank you annette,....he always wants to please, .......it only took 10 mins,