I'm running out of tricks to teach my dog. What are some other new good ones?

[Electric Monk]

He can do all the usual sit/stay/come/up/down/lie down/speak/quiet... stuff, no problem.

and he sits pretty, rolls over, shakes a paw, I think you get the drift by now. Basic good 'ol dog tricks.


What should I teach him next?

[alphafemale]

1. High Five is easy to teach

And makes kids giggle.

[Electric Monk]

3. Sure, we could do that. It's like sit pretty crossed with shake a paw. He'll probably get that quick

thanks

Next?

[alphafemale]

4. I've taught dogs to yawn and sneeze on cue.

Trick on that is a smart dog and to catch them doing it.

Sneeze! Good Dog! treat

[Chan790]

2. Teach him to bring you a beer.

That'll be a popular trick.

[Lasher]

11. I know a guy who had a dog who would bring you a cold can of beer.

I liked that dog.

[Major Nikon]

5. Frisbee catching is always a lot of fun

My male border collie wants to play fetch pretty much all the time. He will chase balls and frisbees till he collapses. It's an endless source of entertainment for both of us.

[quakerboy]

6. Teach it to use a computer

and have it join us on DU. I'm sure he would be quite popular here.

Alternately, you could teach him to fetch certain items. The remote. Your beverage of choice. Slippers. Whatever would come in handy.

Teach him to use the toilet and flush after itself.

Teach him to turn off lights to save electricity.

Teach him to dig on command. Then have him dig a space to put in a pond or deck or fountain or garden or compost area. Or all five.

Teach him to vacuum. that would be sweet, never seen that done.

Teach him to pre-clean all dishes before washing, thus saving water and maybe electricity.

Teach him to round up dirty clothing and put it in a hamper.

[akbacchus_BC]

8. You are too funny but one or more of your suggestions might work!

[akbacchus_BC]

7. Play catch with him, he would love it.

By the way, is he a big or small dog. I used to play hide and seek with ours, she learned pretty quickly and she always got fooled but sometimes she surprised me. Alas, we had to send her over the rainbow bridge 3 years ago. I still miss that little doggie, she was so smart, poodle terrier, had the sweetest face ever. Peed on me so many times out of excitement!

[Electric Monk]

9. Oh, we do that all the time. I don't really consider that a trick, though.

[Angry Dragon]

10. Take over posting duties on DU

[Scuba]

12. Teach him to snarl and growl at Republicans. That'll be a sure hit!

[woodsprite]

13. I'd like to teach mine to put her

Toys back in her toybox before bed. She's very good at dragging
Them all out through the day, just like a kid.

[GoCubsGo]

14. A trick a friend of mine taught her dog....

She would make a fake gun with her hand, and say "Bang!" as if shooting the dog. The dog would fall over "dead".

[pipi_k]

18. I taught that

to my three old girls.

We called it "bang-bang".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Smile.

I knew a guy who taught his standard poodle to smile. He'd say "Smile!" and the dog would show all of his teeth in a sort of fangy, menacing "smile."

[HopeHoops]

16. "Put a sock in it" - when he's barking at nothing and you're on the phone, it's handy.

I get a lot of laughs because both dogs will shut up when I say, "Excuse me a minute. Dogs PUT A SOCK IN IT!" and it gets quiet so I can go back to my conversation. The sheltie sits half-way up the stairs so she can look out the front door just in CASE there might be something to bark at. This of course sets off the border collie and my computer room is right next to the front door.

"Bow" is another good one. Maybe it is common with herders, but both of ours do a bow followed by a rear leg stretch anyway. We just started using "bow" when they do the former and now they do it on command.

There's also the classic - put a treat on top of his snout and make him stay and then say "okay" with the objective of getting him to flip it in the air and catch it. I've had mixed results with that, but pretty much every dog will obey the stay part and sit there cross-eyed looking at the treat. The catching it part is what's difficult.

Oh, and I've taught four cats to sit on command.

[GoCubsGo]

20. I taught one of my cats that.

I called it "tick a lock". I also taught him and my current cat "mind your mannesr". No food until you are seated. "Tick a lock" came when the old man started begging loudly for his food. I haven't been able to teach my current cat to be quiet, which is unfortunate. She is the most vocal cat I have ever seen. She can go on non-stop for hours. I have to resort to pulling out the vacuum cleaner to make her run and hide under the bed.

[HopeHoops]

21. We had one we called "Pavarotti" (not his name) because he would find the best place to project.

Usually it was the base of a stairwell, but he'd find whatever place resonated the best (and in four different residences). He'd just sit there and sing and it was actually comical. He'd still sit for treats. He sounded like he was in heat when he did his singing. I think it was mostly to hear his own voice.

[DFW]

17. Teach your dog to drive a stick shift car

Most dogs that drive can only handle an automatic..........

[pipi_k]

19. Mine can

drive an 18 wheeler.

They sometimes get a little confused with all the double clutching and split shifts, but mostly they do OK.

[HopeHoops]

22. "All hope was lost until Fluffy took the controls and landed the plane"

- Old "Far Side" cartoon.

[pipi_k]

23. Those cartoons

were such a hoot!

[HopeHoops]

24. Yeah but he said he regretted "Cow Tools" because he made one look like a saw.

That spawned an entire cult of people determined to grasp the meaning of "Cow Tools". All he meant was that if cows could make tools they would be crude. No other significance. People just didn't get it.

[Ikonoklast]

25. Meh. If they can't float the gears, what good are they?

Now, if you can teach them how to make a really good, and I mean really good dry Martini, you got yourself a exceptional pooch.

[DFW]

27. As long as the dog sticks to the Interstate, you should be OK

Just make sure you take over the city driving and the parking at truck stops.

[Patiod]

26. Biscuit on the nose

Sadistic, yes, but so funny.

[laundry_queen]

28. My brother's lab can do this.

And he taught her, after she lets it sit on her nose for awhile, to throw it up in the air and catch it. Pretty cool. (oh, just noticed someone else mentioned this!) But she does hate it, poor thing.

We used to have a miniature poodle we taught to jump through a hoop. It's pretty easy to teach. Just coax them through the hoop on the floor, then raise it slowly until they are jumping through it.

[undeterred]

29. Speak to me.

Wave bye bye.

Bring me your bowl.

[nolabear]

30. There are some good therapy dog "tricks"

though I wouldn't call them tricks, exactly. My dog Joe was trained to "Tuck", which meant get under the nearest piece (or indicated piece) of furniture, which was handy if someone in the nursing home coded or fell or went off, which they did sometimes. He also would pick up anything dropped and hand it back to the one who dropped it, put his head down on the lap of anyone (many old people can't reach) and jump up and place his forelegs across my forearm (used when someone in a bed wanted to pet him but he was in danger of scratching them if he actually put his paws on the bed. He could also nose a light switch up or down on command, which we taught him just for fun. Of course, he was big enough to do it.

*sigh* I miss Joe. He was that one-in-a-lifetime dog.

[bif]

31. Teach him to make a Martini.

[LiberalEsto]

32. Teach him to vote for Democrats

and take him to the polls.

[Curmudgeoness]

33. Teach him to jump through hoops.

Literally.

Or you can set up one of those obedience/agility courses with ramps and jumps and tunnels.

[benld74]

34. Even though its a Bud Light commercial - I love the Here We Go! dog!!!