Hi Claudia, Careful about the forward roll, I had a lovely bitch who used to tumble like a chimp and one day she did it on a full stomach and torsioned herself. Missed out the bloat part just went straight to torsion. She was very fit and well muscled, a freak accident!
Rose T. -----Original Message----- From: Claudia Brydon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 9, 2003 9:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new training trick Hi Darlene, My Berner, Boomer, hasn't learned anything new for a few months now. Haven't tried for a while. But he does roll over, play dead, beg, whisper, woof, BARK, several other tricks and loves agility, although at a relaxed pace. I'd be happy to tell you some of the methods I used to get him to learn these tricks but I don't want to cover them all at once as it would take a lot of computer time. So.... pick the trick and I'll describe my method. And maybe you'll come up with a trick that I haven't tried. If you do, I'll see if I can train it and pass on the results. Sounds like this could be fun. Maybe some others on the list will get in on this challenge as well. By the way, my Aussie, Barney, does a beautiful forward roll. As soon as Boomer gets a little older so that I know that his muscles and joints are fully developed, I'm considering getting him to do one too. Barney can already get him to do a modified roll when they're playing together. But, for this one, I may need assistance as 22 month old Boomer weighs too much to teach this using the same method as I did with my small Aussie. Just a point of interest... Most tricks need about 10 minutes for the dog to get the basics, especially if they're competing with one another for the treats. Then a couple of weeks of doing the trick occasionally makes it reliable. Claudia Brydon in NW PA Barney OA NAJ AD (Aussie) Boomer (Bernese Mountain Dog) would have several agility legs if not for knocking a bar each run Mo (Gordon Setter Granddog) has learned high five in spite of it not being natural for her to lift her feet. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: Re: new training trick > Hi fellow Berner owners, > I have a fourteen month old male. I love working with him, but I can't get > him to do anything new. He sits, down, stay, heel, come. I want to teach > him roll over, play dead, beg, anything new! Any suggestions on how to train > a berner to do any of these things? He doesn't fetch, that's for the other > dog to do. But he'll chase the dog that went to fetch something. Well, he > is the joy of my life but I need new things to do with him. I have read that > they like jobs to do, but what? Please help! Also, do Berners do well in > agility classes? > > Thanks > > Darlene >
