nowwown Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hi, Just wanted to share a cute BC story. I have taught Cody (5-months old next week) to get his two toys out of the crate each morning and put them in the toy basket in the next room. I figured since my 11-year old daughter won't help me straighten up and clean house, I'll get my BC trained early! What a fun thing I taught him, and boy, is he smart! Just one or two tries and he knows what to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelb'smum Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 AWWWW!!! i want so badly to teach shelby stuff like that... I just can't figure out how lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 That's so cute! In this house I put the toys away and the dogs run over and giddily pull them all out of the basket, like it's christmas and they can't wait to see what's in there. Nevermind they've had the same toys for months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowwown Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 It was easy to train him. I asked him to "take" the toy, and then walked with him toward the toy basket with a treat. So he kept dropping the toy wanting the treat, but eventually he held onto the toy until he came to the basket. If he dropped it near the basket, I then picked it up in the same hand as the treat hand, then put the toy in the basket myself and said "good boy" like he had done it. Over a few days, he "got it" that he was supposed to put the toy INTO the basket, not next to it. I praise him profusely the moment he actually drops the toy into the basket and give him a good treat. Now he is doing this regularly when I say "put your Kong (or ball or whatever) into the basket". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I taught Dazzle to clean up by shaping the behavior (once she was picking up the toys, I introduced the basket and let her put the two together). Best trick you can teach them! Very handy. Plus the other tricks like that: Close the door, turn on/off the light, turn off the faucet, get the keys, etc. Very fun tricks to teach! Way to go Cody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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