Well, that's a funny trick

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    Well, that's a funny trick

    What's the weirdest thing your dog does on command? I think Emma's weirdest is herding. Yes, she herds. When asked, LOL. She is the dog calling police. If I call any animal, it COMES, whether it wants to or not. I can open the back door with any number of dogs outside, and say, "Bring em in!". They're all rounded up into a group, and heels nipped and pushed inside. She taught herself herding, I just marked it and cued it. I think it's strange, b/c I've never heard of a JRT herding.
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    I don't have anything like that yet.  I really want to get flapping his ears on cue, but I can't ever seem to capture it. 
     
    But the easiest "trick" that I taught is "relax."  I tell him "down" and he'll do a sphinx-like down.  Then I say, "relax" and he flops over on his side.  Sometimes he flops over so his whole body is relaxed except his head is still up and staring at me.  I'll say, "like a dead dog" and he lays his head down.  Then I can pick up all his legs, tail, lips, ears, etc. and he just lies there relaxed.  It's very useful and very lazy-bones hound like. [:)]
     
     
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    Cocoa will sneeze on command
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    For romy I would say how she holds still so I can set a treat on her nose.
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    You say the word "LOOK" (even in everyday conversation) and daisy is at the front door, thinking there's a squirrel outside.
    The reason for this was that a family of squirrels decided to make it's home right outside my window. I would show certain family members the squirrels, by saying "look at how cute they are, etc.) and daisy would be right under me, watching them and barking. (we have a ceiling to floor window in my bedroom- it's a bit of a problem in the summer!)
    It can get annoying after a while, though. I guess it was my fault...
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    This is so interesting that this is brought up,
    I am dog sitting my mom's Standard Poodles with my Miniature Schnauzer and when I let them out and I call them into the house if I call Sebastian, my Schnauzer, I say " com'on", but with my mom's Poodles I have to say "come",  you would not think that a suttle difference woud be that different, but it is.
     
    Joel Patterson
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    I taught Dasher to wave.  I initally taught him to wave for agility, but everyone who I have shown it to just loves it!! I will admit, he looks pretty cute when he does it.  I have not been able to take a picture of it, but I have been able to take a short video...

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    That's funny Dasher, because my tri-ing dog will wave.  He does it a bit differently, sits and will wave one paw up and down.  I can sometimes get him to do it while he's in a sit on the table in agility competitions.  Cracks everyone, judges included, up.  Here's a pic of him and his likeness waving.
     
     

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    Too Cute agilebasenji!!It looks like he is looking in the mirror!! That is great!! I had to do a double take!![:D]
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    I've gotten Nigel to die on command.  I look at him, point my "hand"-gun at him and say, "Bang" and he flops down onto the floor and lays there, then he'll lift his head and look at you and you can "shoot" him again and he'll drop his head back down. 
     
    Also can get both him and Sydney to let me put a treat on their noses and they stay there until I say "OK" and they doss it up and catch the treat at the same time.
     
     
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    Ahhh!  Dasher is so happyyy!  What a cutie!
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    Wow, you guys have some really good ones.  Jen, I can totally picture Roscoe "half dead" with his body relaxed but his head up and looking at you! 
     
    I don't really have anything at all yet.  Except maybe this one - the human children in my house call ones bottom a "CooCoo".  Sometimes when they tell Slick to "Sit", he takes too long (he's an adolescent at the moment).  The boys get impatient and say "CooCoo Down!" (with the hand signal for "Sit")   So, Slick now sits for "CooCoo Down" as well as "Sit".  Silly - but it totally amuses the boys! 
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    A funny trick...how about getting a beer from the fridge!?!  I'm lazy and Dodger's so biddable (not that I even drink beer - it was really taught more for show!)![:)
     
    Something that's more casual is when I say "Where's Dodger's stress??"  He'll give me a "stress" yawn!  I love it!
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    Zoe jumps with her hands up (as far as they go) when I say touchdown!  It was fun during football season :).
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    I dont really tell them too, but I smoke outside and its usually while the dogs are out.  When Shakespeare sees me put my cig into the bucket he starts running to go inside, and Sophia is beginning to pick up on this one too
     
    (No lectures please)