Friday, February 25, 2011

Barbie's High Five Trick

I saw that a friend of a friend on Facebook had taught his young Border Collie pup this trick in like... 5 minutes, and I thought, Barbie could do that.

So I sat her down, held my hand out flat and asked for a High Five. She pawed at various bits of me til she got my hand and got rewarded. In usual bright Barbie fashion she picked it up quickly, and now I can get a High Five while I'm standing.

Next is to teach 'wave'.


I also tried to teach Barbie to weave through my legs as per Hsin-Yi's suggestion of throwing the treat between my legs so that Barbie would go after it, and then come around the front for some more. The problem with that is after a few repetitions she hung around behind me and wouldn't come back around the front! I think I can probably teach her that way but maybe not when it's so hot! It was 38 degrees today and the heat is really sapping Barbie's energy.
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Summer · 735 weeks ago

Aaaww, neat trick! And you got it quickly too. High five! Geddit? o.o Ok, Momma-1 just told me to lay of the lame awkward jokes. =(
The weather here has been a bit wonky too. It'll be a scorching one moment then out of nowhere lightning and thunder start rolling in. It's putting a damper on my walks!

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jetsagenda 82p · 735 weeks ago

im sure it will be! i met a chihuahua at a party that did hig five, and if you said bang, she would play dead, very popular with the kids...
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Two Pitties · 735 weeks ago

Very cool! I can see her learning wave very quickly. Wave is Miss M's favorite trick, though now I'm trying to teach Miss M to wave at people on command (like turn and look at them and wave when they're leaving).
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jetsagenda 82p · 735 weeks ago

aaaaw, Miss M waving will melt some hearts!
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Oona · 735 weeks ago

Gidget can do "shake" and a half-ass "roll over", which is really her just plopping down and showing her belly. But it's still pretty cute. It's hard to teach her new tricks with her brother around now. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he wants to be "involved". I feel too guilty locking him up! lol
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jetsagenda 82p · 735 weeks ago

I taught Barbie to roll over from that 'belly' position by luring her with a treat to flop onto the other side... she does prefer just to lie on her back and wave her front feet around in the air though!
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GreyhoundsCANsit · 734 weeks ago

Barbie is such a clever little monkey:) Lovely video. Beryl can shake hands, Frankie can do high 5's:) I must teach Beryl some more tricks. She prefers learning fun, moving things rather than static things.
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GreyhoundsCANsit · 734 weeks ago

I just had a go at teaching Beryl this but the problem is that I've taught her to 'touch' my hand with her nose so that's what she wants to do!! Will have to work out another strategy ... and try without Frankie around, lol!
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jetsagenda 82p · 734 weeks ago

Barbie has done the 'touch' hand with the nose thing. I made this trick different for her by requiring her to sit first, and crouching down a bit lower, as well as holding my hand vertical... with 'touch' I held my hand to the side and she was standing. :)

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