At least someone in this house is getting trained!

Beverly Anne · 12-08-2012, 09:12 PM

I've had my super little eight year old rescue, Al, for about six weeks now and except for a few little housebreaking issues things are going great.
We are totally in love and the adjustment has been effortless.
I'd noticed that whenever I came home and said, "Hi!" his left front paw automatically popped up. So last night I was playing around with him and I said, "Hi Five, Al!" and that massive paw shot right up and we whacked my hand to his paw and he get incredibly excited. He acted like he had FINALLY broke through the communication barrier and got me trained!
What a relief for him!

momofedee · 12-08-2012, 09:41 PM

Edee high fives too!

Jnfr · 12-08-2012, 09:45 PM

Finally, the right one (you) is getting trained!

Mr.E · 12-08-2012, 09:48 PM

emma's new trick we been workin on is shake which is similar to a high five i guess

CatherineM · 12-08-2012, 09:58 PM

They like slamming those big meaty paws on things.

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roostershmoo · 12-09-2012, 10:03 AM

a bow to Al, that's great!

TheBeamz · 12-09-2012, 10:15 AM

I love this story

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JustRoxy · 12-09-2012, 12:54 PM

So sweet! I took Hubert to work with me and was trying to show everyone how I taught him to play dead but if he doesn't get a treat right away he will just run through all the tricks he knows. Sit, lay down, shake, rollover, play dead, repeat. Just keeps going through his whole bag of tricks until he gets what he wants.

12-08-2012, 09:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Beverly Anne Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston MA Posts: 772	At least someone in this house is getting trained! I've had my super little eight year old rescue, Al, for about six weeks now and except for a few little housebreaking issues things are going great. We are totally in love and the adjustment has been effortless. I'd noticed that whenever I came home and said, "Hi!" his left front paw automatically popped up. So last night I was playing around with him and I said, "Hi Five, Al!" and that massive paw shot right up and we whacked my hand to his paw and he get incredibly excited. He acted like he had FINALLY broke through the communication barrier and got me trained! What a relief for him! __________________ Francis's (ATB 8/8/11) Bevy And now Albert's Bevy.

12-08-2012, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
momofedee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Southern CA Posts: 268	Edee high fives too! __________________ Edee--basset hound--age 5 *rescue* Domino--jack russell--age 3

12-08-2012, 09:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jnfr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 1,790	Finally, the right one (you) is getting trained! __________________ Jnfr Sophie (ATB (1996-2010) Abby (ATB 2010 - 2012) Jake (2001 - ) Ellie (2012 - )

12-09-2012, 10:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
roostershmoo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 455	a bow to Al, that's great! __________________ Lucky mom to three year old twin sisters Emily (omega) and Mabel (alpha)

12-08-2012, 09:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mr.E Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Kansas Posts: 46	emma's new trick we been workin on is shake which is similar to a high five i guess

12-08-2012, 09:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
CatherineM Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 1,198	They like slamming those big meaty paws on things. Sent from my iPhone using Petguide.com Free App

12-09-2012, 10:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
TheBeamz Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 40	I love this story Sent from my iPhone using Petguide.com Free App

12-09-2012, 12:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
JustRoxy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 237	So sweet! I took Hubert to work with me and was trying to show everyone how I taught him to play dead but if he doesn't get a treat right away he will just run through all the tricks he knows. Sit, lay down, shake, rollover, play dead, repeat. Just keeps going through his whole bag of tricks until he gets what he wants.

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