Hi,
1. Was wondering if anyone can give some nice tricks to teach my lil
fellow.
2. What are the games that I can play with him?
3. Is it possible for me to try and have a conversation with him. i
know this is a lil too much to ask .. but things like .. "Are you
humgry?" and he answers with one "Woof"
4. How can i teach him things like "Friend" so that he knows that they
are welcome at home.

Hi,
1. Was wondering if anyone can give some nice tricks to teach my lil
fellow.


teach him obedience stuff first, like stay, come, sit, etc. fun tricks can
include shaking hands, rolling over, spinning around, dancing, sitting up,
jumping over things, crawling under things, catching a toy or treat, jumping
thru a hula hoop, going thru a tunnel, etc.




2. What are the games that I can play with him?


Maui and I play hide and seek. I have him in a sit/stay position and then I
go to another room to hide. I call out "Maui, find me" or if someone else
is there, they say "find Momma" and he runs around sniffing the rooms and
looking behind doors to find me. It is pretty fun. Now I am working on
having him hide, putting him in a sit/stay position and having my nephews
find him. It is a lot harder to do that because he doesn't want to be
found, he wants to be the finder!



4. How can i teach him things like "Friend" so that he knows that they
are welcome at home.


Maui knows "its ok" which I use when there are new people around that he
doesn't know and they are ok to interact with. Or I might say "say hello"
when someone wants to pet him (when we are out and about he usually draws a
lot of attention) to let Maui know that he can let the person pet him. When
I say "its ok" or "say hello" he knows that he can safely interact with
whoever is around.

I also taught Maui certain terms like Grandma and Grandpa because I live
with my parents. When they come home from work or knock on my door, I say,
"its ok, its just Grandma/Grandpa" or "Grandma's/Grandpa's home". He
doesn't bark at them and knows they are ok so he waits at the door to give
them some loving or convince them to play with him.

Also, Maui knows the rest of the family, if I tell him to "go to David, he's
got a treat for you" he knows to run right to my baby nephew. Or if I say,
"Nicholas wants to play" he'll take a toy to Nicholas (my nephew). He gets
it right everytime and always goes to the right person when I use names. I
am always amazed how much Maui knows.

On 10 Oct 2005 18:11:27 -0700,
wrote:

HOWEDY hangar18,

hangar18 wrote:
Hi,
1. Was wondering if anyone can give some nice tricks
to teach my lil fellow.

You might want to teach him to naturally want to
do ANY THING YOU ASK by simply NOT DOIN NUTHIN
like HOWE your punk thug coward pals tell you to.

You just got hooked by replying to this well known
netloon and troll. Once he baits you as he does
with others, you became troll bait and he will flame
you and harass you through this newsgroup and in email.

PLEASE killfile this well known Jerry Howe aka
The Amazing Puppy Wizard who is using alot of alias in
here. He is a pathological liar and net kook.

All he does is slander and defame people in
here. He knows nothing about dog training or
canine behavior. He just makes this up and
has been trolling this newsgroup for years.