This is Java, our new dog.
Focus Accuracy Speed Tessa! [video]
Focus, Accuracy and Speed are words that describe Tessa when she is playing frisbee.
Tessa Blows Bubbles
Tessa puts her nose into a bowl of water and blows out through her nose, creating bubbles! NanaBorderCollie helped me when teaching this trick. Here is the link to her tutorial.
Mollie’s 14 Tricks [video]
Mollie performs 14 tricks: sit, shake, high five, wave, kiss, reach down, paws on my arm, target, paws on the wall, jump to other stool, jump thru my arms, paws on the scratch post (from stool and from the floor) and beg for wet food.
Tessa’s Leave It [video]
Tessa demonstrates a leave it taught without intimidation or force. This means that I am reinforcing her for leaving the item instead of punishing her for trying to get it.
Here is a link to Kikopup’s movie “How to teach leave it without intimidation”.
Tessa Reads [video]
Tessa shows off her reading skills at 20 weeks. Tessa is really reading the word from the paper and knows the difference between the words. I’m not giving her any cues other than the word on the paper.
Tessa’s Tricks & Obedience [video]
Tessa performing 14 different tricks and obedience behaviors. She is 18 weeks old in this movie.
Complete list of Tessa’s tricks
1. Sit
2. Down
3. Wait
4. Get it
5. Drop it
6. Leave it
7. Bring an object to me
8. Kennel up
9. Wait by a door
10. Watch me
11. Come
12. Play dead
13. Bow
14. Sit on swing
15. Stick ‘em up
16. Spin
17. Roll over
18. Paws up
19. Jump up onto an object
20. Run backwards around my legs
21. Heel
22. Side (go from facing me to the heel position)
23. Leg weave
24. Weave walk (weave through my legs while I walk)
25. Cop cop (stand in between my legs and put your paws on my feet and keep them there while I walk)
26. Rear end awareness (put front paws on an object and orbit that object, moving mainly back end)
27. Jump over object
28. Jump through hoop formed by my legs or arms
29. Jump into my arms
30. Shake/Paw
31. Speak
32. Wave
33. Put toys away in a box
34. Open crate door, go inside then close it
35. Open fridge and bring me a lemon
36. Bring me a tissue, then throw it away
37. Bubbles (put nose in water and exhale from nose)
38. Dig (in water, in dirt or scratch paws on mat)
39. Howl
40. Nose target
41. Paw target
42. Catch a toy
43. Climb ladder
44. Run up or down a slide
45. Jump off of an object
46. Jump into a box
47. Head in cup
48. Prayers
49. Balance object on nose
50. Go through an agility tunnel/chute
51. Close cupboards
52. Push ball with nose
53. Walk the dog
54. 3-2-1 Let’s Go!