vanillalove Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Here's a stupid question, how did you think of command words for all those tricks? Or does she rely on some hand motions (like the slaloming through the legs, versus the backwards version of it) She's so bright for remembering all those words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyler08 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 WOW! you 2 are amazing! I hope to teach Skyler some new tricks, I think she's getting bored with the few she knows now. The one thing she loves to do is stand on her hind legs and spin around in circles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted June 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 how did you think of command words for all those tricks? It's NOT a stupid question! Thinking up new words to use is not easy. Every command we have has a verbal, and most have hand signals. I have more trouble thinking of hand signals than I do thinking of words. What we are actually working on now is learning American Sign Language for hand signals (so the signal for "limp" is the ASL hand motions for "limp"). I thought that would be neat. Â Most of my commands are really obvious (like "roll over", "kiss", and "back up"). But now that she knows so many I am starting to get more creative. "Go Around" means to run around me, and "Reverse" means to do it backwards. As a better example of how desperate I am getting, the command for her to weave between my legs is "Figure Eight" and to do it backwards I say it backwards, so it comes out kind of like "Tierugif". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Dave Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 I got JUST the trick for Dazzle. Along the lines of being a comedienne (Charlie Chaplin/ Buster Keaton style). As Dazzle is putting away the toys (s)he 'accidentally' tips over the basket with half the toys. Maybe continues on bumbling along trying to get the toys put away and constantly tipping the basket back over. Watch some old silent B&W movies, re-enact the damsel in distress or something ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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