Picture this.. [you'll have to imagine as I can't find my camera to show you]
Teaching the dog things.
Things like ’sit’.
I am trying to wean him off treats. He only ’sits’ for treats.
If he is being particularly good and wants heaps of treats he slips into the ‘down’ position, flat on his belly on the carpet.
So.
Trying to wean him off ‘treat eating’, tonight I use the ball as the reward for him ’sitting’ and ‘down-ing’.
He gets so excited that a game is about to start with his favourite thing in the whole world that when I tell him to ‘SIT’.. he puts his little arms out in front of himself and his little face lays flat down on the carpet. His little bottom and curly tail are high up in the air. He has achieved the very opposite of ’sit’.
What can I do?
I laugh and throw the ball..
‘SIT’ I say when he comes back with the ball..
Face down, bum up with tail wagging.
‘SIT!!’ I laugh.. give up.. and throw the ball..
This happens three times..
I give up.

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July 3, 2009 at 11:34 pm
the projectivist
that dog is an effin genius.
that’s all i can say
cos he’s trained you GOOD!
July 4, 2009 at 1:34 am
Tom Allen
Sounds a lot like most guys. What’s the problem?
July 4, 2009 at 2:53 am
gillette
Hate it when tricks no longer work. Hate it.
July 4, 2009 at 4:30 am
Sulpicia
What’s wrong with the bum up position? Seriously.
July 4, 2009 at 10:25 am
sulkygirl
Thanks all for taking the dog’s side… No helpful training tips from any of you.
Yes P he is an Effin’ genius. Except he thinks his cat-enemy from across the road drives the big white car in his driveway. It’s the only car he barks at – I swear he thinks the cat is driving and he is saying “when you get back, Cat, there’ll be NOTHING left here I haven’t peed on!! NOTHINNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!
Tom.. do most guys roll in other guys poop as well? (wait.. DON’T ANSWER THAT!!!!)
I keep thinking that maybe this queer behaviour he has going on is him trying to tell me something.. Like when he paws and scratches the keyboard while I am typing and tries to get my attention, I wonder if someone is trapped down a well.. But when I stand up and ask him to show me what is wrong, he just wants me to open the front door so he can go and wait at the gate for the Cat to drive back into his driveway..
Not complex thinkers, dogs.. are you saying men are the same?
Gillette.. the dog is proving that when one trick ends another trick begins.. Bloody dog.
S. nothing.. absolutely nothing at all that I can tell.. xx