oliwa

What sorts of "tricks" have you trained your Basset to do? Snickers is 5 months old and so far she can do the following:

1. Sit
2. Lay down
3. Spin
4. Roll over
5. Back up
6. Take something in her mouth (but immediately drops it)
7. Swat at things with her paw
8. Stay
9. Waits to go through doors (if asked)

I'm working on the following:

1. Drop it
2. Leave it
3. Loose leash walking
4. Shake
5. Take and hold
6. Tracking (when weather gets warmer)
7. Distractions (all of the above in Petsmart)

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murraysmom

It sounds like you're having fun working with Snickers! Maybe down the road you can work on Canine Good Citizen- it sounds like she's well on her way to that!

vb3

Rosco can:
Sleep
Eat
Chase cats
Burp/make other gas exiting noises (only ocasionally though)
Drool
Beg for belly rubs

AmyB

Your question made me smile. Spencer's best trick is getting me to cater to his every need & want! I have never been successful in teaching him any tricks. My Sadie girl (at the bridge) was much more of a people pleaser. She could sit, stay, down, speak & give both paws. Spencer is the ultimate in stubborn & definitely has a mind of his own, but he's certainly full of personality. We are also Cincinnatians. What part of the city do you live in?

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Lightning&Stomps

Lightning bites the heads off dandelions on command. We also have a game called "tunnel of love" or "tunnel of terror", depending on whether the cat is involved, that's too complicated to get into here, but is hysterical. He also knows "go inside", "go outside," "oh my god get that thing out of my house" (which is similar to go outside), and sit, stay, and wait. The great thing about Lightning is I can teach him to do anything as long as food is involved.

Mikey T

from Clean Run Magazine
Mariah before a run at a trial warming up with Hand Targeting ( touching her nose to my hand]




Test of distance skill hander can not cross red tape on the ground after the whitle


first basset pairs run in a qualifing attempt


proof they can still be bassets
Basset Brace
running two bassets at the same time.


personally I find this just about impossible to train as the acceptable criteria is too large for me to effectively reward. I find it much easier to train "heel" which is more precise. On a walk with the hounds alternating between heeling which the dog must maintain the percise postion to "all set" in which it is my job to maintain a loose leash regardless of what the dog is doing. Basically the dog get to do whatever it wants. I do have the ability howver to return the dog back to heel at anytime.

I would suggest putting high on the list an effective recall (come) regardless of the distraction. This can be a life saver.

lvnMattie

LOL!! That sounds like Mattie's tricks too. I have to add, Mattie begs to have her chest rub while you are driving down the road.

imaslave2bassets

I think it's a male thing....my 3 male bassets were not interested in learning any cute tricks, just the basic sit down, chase the rabbit...but no roll over shake play ball(well Vern would go get the ball and bring it to me about 3 times in a row, then on the 4th he would give me the"what the heck did you throw it away for, I brought it back, so now get it your self" look. But My one female MayBelle would do all sorts of tricks, and try her darndest to please me and my family. Soooo not that I'm a female chovenous pig....but I think the females want to please you more then the males.

imaslave2bassets

I totally agree with you a recall is very important for your dog, I had Vern and MayBelle both trained to their own seperate call back, Vern's was "YO Handsome", that got some looks from the neighbors sometimes And MayBelle well all I did was squeek her ball, and she was on a dead run to me, or maybe it was to the love of her life, the ball. But reguardless they both came when I called them back.

oliwa

I would love to see this!

Sounds like he's a tad spoiled? My girl is super spoiled!

Love it!

Snickers already does a pretty good job of loose leash walking on her daily walks around the neighborhood. I have no interest in having my dog walk lined up with my heel and keep pace...that's for show IMO. I have a 6ft lead so I don't care if she walks ahead, finds a scent, and smells it for a second or 2 as I catch up and pass her. I don't want her pulling me forward, to the sides, and I don't want to pull her down the block. As long as the leash is loose I praise her.

As far as what you refer to as "all set", that sounds more like tracking to me. When the weather warms up I am going to track with her, at which point I'll put a harness on her with a longer lead so she can follow the scent and it's my job to keep up with her. This is a clear indication of when it's ok to pull and when it's not.

I left out come...we are working on that as well.

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