Trick ideas? - Page 1

I have a GSD pup who just turned a year old. I've trained her in obedience and am beginning to work her in Schutzhund. I would love to teach her some more tricks to keep her mind going. She knows the typical Sit, Stay, Down, Heel. Any ideas of other fun tricks to teach?

Any ideas would be appreciated!
Thanks!

I've been working with mine for a few days on the "speak" command. He's starting to get there already and has also learnt to give his paw and then "other one".

Tricks?  I am not following that.......If you are training in schutzhund - then you need to teach the routine......Break it down - and teach each part.........that will keep you busy enough...................parlor tricks aren't needed - just teaching the routine will be enough to keep YOU busy for a long time...................................  sit stay, down..........does she really know it in schutzhund terms..........?        Parlor tricks won't get you a schutzhund title - it will just get you a clap from a person that doesn't know anything about training dogs.............  and a raised eye brow from a schutzhund handler........................

Just my opinion.

YogieBear
edited:  the speak command in my opinion is part of schutzhund.......  it helps in the bark and hold........  but give me your paw..........come on........that is for a pet.......no place for schutzhund - where is that in the routine for any schutzhund title?......  if you are not a professional trainer - and you work a full time job........just teaching the routine in it's many parts will keep you busy enough.... and teaching your dog "parlor tricks" won't do anything but prolong your training in schutzhund...... 

My dog waves "goodbye" to the bad guy before he is taken away.  He wears sunglasses at demos and waves "Hi" to the kids.  He can opens car doors and takes a "bow."  In addition to everything else he does which is way more involved than his tricks.

...plus it is fun, huh, Boomer! LOL Up high! 

Yeah Boomer, what a cool, cool, boy.

OK:  How about doing some hide-n-seek at home,  find this find that;  also get my shoes, get your ball, toy, stuffed toy, etc.  Go get the your dog dish, put a bell at the door for them to go outside, learn to prey and bow. learn to count, of course fetch, vacuum, clean windows.    Have fun teaching them.  Nan

Our dogs are pets first... titles are just silly pieces of paper in comparison.

Besides... those "parlor tricks" can be taught any time of the day, anywhere. How many of you hike out in two feet of snow to train during the middle of winter? Or how about braving one of those torrential downpour type thunderstorms?

"hi-5", "shake" and "wave" are pretty much basic obedience in our house.

How many of you hike out in two feet of snow to train during the middle of winter? Or how about braving one of those torrential downpour type thunderstorms?

I do and I have.  I thought I was going to get struck by lightning one time tracking in a torrential downpour.  I watched the lightning strike in the field several hundred yards away as I tracked.  My track was covered by 2 inches of water in a matter of minutes.  I left my folding knife at the end as an article and didn't want to loose it.  Boomer was a young dog and did an awesome track.  The whole time I was picturing the headlines of me being hit by lightning tracking my dog. 

Jim


  

Jim, I could see that picture vividly of you tracking... funny but very scary at the same time. Glad Boomer found your knife..lol.

My Schutzhund dog does shake, touch (I hold my hand high and he jumps up and touches it w/ his nose), speak, whisper, "bang!" (I point at him like I have a pistol and he falls on his side "dead"), roll over, under (he comes between my legs and I can do silly heeling with him there), spin (spins in a full circle), go around (he will run out and around whatever object I point to).  I can also direct him to go out and jump over things and he will retrieve anything not just a dumbbell.  He does a right finish, a left finish, and will flip left finish to heel position when he's doing the "under".  He can also weave in and out of my legs as I walk but it's not that cool looking since he's so big I can't really walk normally, lol.

YogieBear, doing silly tricks has zero effect on our Schutzhund performance.  All of these tricks each took about five minutes each to teach the dog.