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circularvortex
Bass Head
Registered: 08/31/06
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I taught my cat to not give a shit.
-------------------- No statements made in any post or message by myself should be construed to mean that I am now, or have ever been, participating in or considering participation in any activities in violation of any local, state, federal, or fashion police laws. All posts are works of fiction. For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder. Under closer inspection I realised it was a funky ball of tits from outer space.
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Liz
Owl Lady
Registered: 11/16/04
Posts: 6,962
Loc: Massachusetts
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Lots of praise and rewards for doing what we want.
For random stuff like barking when we say speak, every time they barked, we would say "good girl, speak". Every time they would bark a little quieter, we would say "good girl quiet". Basically just constant repetition and stuff. If there is anything specific you want to know how we trained them to do just let me know. We also used clicker training when Lucy was a puppy - but my stoner fiance would quickly misplace the clicker all the time, so we abandoned that
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Irradiated_Feces
doomedgeneration
Registered: 07/11/03
Posts: 4,278
Loc: Great White North
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Re: Dog Tricks [Re: Liz]
#8354391 - 05/02/08 04:05 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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like rollover or something. My dog gets all pissed when you try and roll him over unless hes really tired or playful.
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Liz
Owl Lady
Registered: 11/16/04
Posts: 6,962
Loc: Massachusetts
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We would make them lay down, and then just physically roll them over - or roll them halfway and let them do the rest. Once they knew they were being rewarded for it, they were happy to do it on their own.
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MrSinister
Uncle T
Registered: 03/23/06
Posts: 4,252
Loc: Outworld
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Re: Dog Tricks [Re: Liz]
#8354679 - 05/02/08 05:26 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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My dog is still a lazy beast..
But i am lucky to have her.. She is a mixed pitbull( Two different types) and i guess her last owner was an abusive fuck who bred her for male puppies used in dog fights, and female dogs used to keep the illegal breding up. We know this by scars on her ears, and face, that she was violently bred. For what the vet at the animal shelter told me, having her last set of puppies almost killed her, and the prick whoever it was left her for dead in a empty house. Kids i guess heard her, and she was taken in, and rescued. I wanted a dog, and went there, and saw her. I have had her for near two years now.. I had to get her weight up because she was 15 pounds undersized, now the Vet tells me to stop feeding her so much. .. She is the most gentle, and loving dog with my daughter.. She still gets mean with dogs her size or bigger, but loves a little dog named Muffin.
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supra
computerEnthusiast
Registered: 10/26/03
Posts: 6,446
Loc: TEXAS
Last seen: 12 years, 11 months
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mine does the basics
comes to me when i call sit lay down shake, then i can say 'other hand' and she will shake with her other paw catch fetch
thats about it...I have had her for almost 8 years now...she is a beautiful golden shepard named Dacie.
really, to teach them, you just have to spend lots of time with them...also, certain breeds are much easier to train than others, and some are just plain stupid. Evidently, golden shepards can remember about 150 human words, and are extremely intelligent. The only bad part about them is they are not the best protector, they think every person in existance is nice and wants to pet them...If someone broke into my house, she would probably help them carry stuff out...lol
peace
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Kada
Asha'man
Registered: 02/15/05
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Loc: Buckeye
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Come, sit, lay down, roll over, get the kitty!, go to your cages, up, down. Normal stuff.
One of my dogs knows how to shake hands. Other than that they know to stop barking when i scream SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! Asking nice never works. I hate yelling at them, but if a grasshopper farts they bark like they are chasing away demons.
YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP ... guys please stop barking! YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP No bark! YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP PLEASE!?!?! YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP ok then... SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! ...silence.
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gandalf579
Mushroom Hunter
Registered: 09/28/07
Posts: 907
Last seen: 5 years, 20 days
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Re: Dog Tricks [Re: supra]
#8355213 - 05/02/08 07:38 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I taught my basset/beagle mix the difference from right and left, tell him to give me a left and he gives me his left paw, right gives me his right paw. I tell him "pretty" and he sits on his butt(not his hind legs) and puts his front paws in the air, tell him "up" and he stands on his back legs with his front legs stretched out and up, tell him to "sit" and he squats on his hind legs, tell him to "find it" and he'll find where I hide my weed, if a friend comes over that has weed in their pockets I can tell my dog to "get it" and he'll find which pocket it is in and if the friend doesn't give it up, my dog will try to rip the pants off of them to get me the weed (he doesn't eat it, he just likes to get high with me and gets mad at me if I don't smoke it with him), he will not bite unless I tell him to or if he thinks you mean me, my mother, or my grandmother harm (I didn't teach him that, he's just naturally protective, extremely protective of my grandmother) tell him "it's bath time" and he'll walk over to the section of the yard where I bathe him and stands there for his bath (he bitches about it by growling and giving me dirty looks, he hates getting a bath, but he still does it.) Tell him to "watch it/him/her" and he'll stay on it/him/her in "guard mode" until I tell him different. And I taught him not to take food from strangers, you could lay a steak in front of him and he won't touch it until I tell him he can. And oh yeah, he weights 72 pounds and it's pure muscle, so if he wanted to, he could do some serious damage.
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