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Old May 26th 07, 04:25 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Kathleen
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For the last couple of days I've been working on a new trick with
Scully - "bring me your dish". It started off as "bring me your bowl",
but I realized that it was too close to "ball" when I kept pointing to
the relevant container and she kept frantically scrambling around the
house for more tennis balls to fling at me.
We work on it for no more than 5 minutes at a time, two or three times
per day, with my daughter giving another short practice after school.
Simple stuff, really, especially for a dog who always thinks she's
starving. Put the other dogs outside so they don't get in the way. Set
the food dish on the floor, tell her bring me your dish", and when she
succeeds she gets to eat a couple of kibbles of dry dog food out the
dish. Lather, rinse, repeat.
So last night I'm sitting in living room reading and Scully goes to the
back door and yips to go out. To make sure I got the point she ran
over, put her paws on my lap and stared anxiously at the door.
By this time Zane and Cooper are also waiting at the door. They
scramble to be the first out the door, usually getting jammed in the
too-narrow opening because I can't slide the door back fast enough.
Scully generally hangs back and follows after the idiots have cleared
the deck.
This time, though she just stood there. "Wanna go out?" She backed up
a couple of steps and just stood there. Apparently she'd changed her mind.
So I go back to the couch and back to my book. WHANG! Oh, sh*t...
Right on the bony part of the shin.
Scully had decided it was time to practice so she put the boys outside,
retrieved her dish from the counter and threw it at me. Of course I
obliged her.
I have to wonder who is training who.

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Old May 27th 07, 02:05 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
MauiJNP
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Scully had decided it was time to practice so she put the boys outside,
retrieved her dish from the counter and threw it at me. Of course I
obliged her.


That is really funny. I love stories like this. Scully sounds like a very
smart girl!


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Old May 29th 07, 04:51 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
ceb
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Kathleen wrote in news:njY5i.420$Et5.248
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I have to wonder who is training who.


I don't think you need to wonder about that! What a great story, and what
a clever girl! I'm sorry about your shin, though.

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