Friday, August 30, 2013

Olive leaves the building and Barbie's tricky time!

Last night Olive went on trial with a lovely couple who live in the Perth Hills - they have a young dog and alpacas. 


She has adapted well to house life, and has made much progress in learning how to use a dog bed since this photo was taken. N said 'nice try, but it seems she hasn't grasped the concept fully'. 

Olive was nice to the kitties, most of the time, and they were quite happy to share space with her. Barbie seemed to be a bit subdued when Olive was here because she didn't want to be chased. It was probably a smart move.


Good luck on your trial sweet Olive. You are welcome back here if it doesn't work out, but hopefully it will!!!!

Since Olive was gone, I had to do some doggie stuff to keep myself occupied. A friend of mine posted an adorable video of her dog Charlie doing 'roll over'. Charlie is a little boy, so I thought it was about time we committed Barbie's tricks to video and people could laugh at the differences between Barbie's roll over and Charlie's. 

I didn't bother to edit the video so this is realtime of Barbie running through her repertoire. 


What is your favorite dog trick? 







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You left out Commando! That's my favorite! :P Barbie is so fantastic at doing her tricks. Is she on the smaller side for a Greyhound? I ask because our second hound, Hawk, was a really big boy. He could do a lot of tricks, but he never could roll over. He just couldn't get his back legs to cooperate with the rest of him!
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yes she is a small one, only 26kgs!! (though she looks huge next to 22kg Mouse) it took her a long time to figure it out and I did 'help' her initially by letting her push off against my legs to get around. She did commando right at the end towards the camera, but she was pretty excited so she did it very quickly, she certainly aint 'old yeller' haha
I am so impressed! Barbie is brilliant. Somehow you don't think of Greyhounds doing tricks - you don't think of chihuahuas either (and you would be right, haha.)
Best of luck to Olive in her new home, what great news. Hope we will get to see her now and then in the future, like we do Mouse.
Lynne x
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A friend of mine did a TV commercial with a very cute little Chi called Buddy.. .http://mcleodmenagerie.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/lotterywest-super-sleuth-tvc.html
BARBIE!! You are super awesome! Good job with all your tricks and commands.
Barbie is a star!! She's so enthusiastic :) Beryl would have given me the finger after 2 lie downs! Love the waggy tail. Beryl's favourite trick is probably to 'spin' and 'twirl' at the beach when we're walking back to the car. Frankie's favourite trick is to 'do a shimmy', I think we showed you that one?

Congratulations and good luck to Olive. I'm sure she will be fine, who couldn't love her! I just had another foster dog for a day, if I'd had him for 2 days he wouldn't have left!
Barbie, great job! And of course we all know that without diligent training, nothing would have happened!

Olive, good luck in your new home!
Your dog is really not feeling well because she is really getting lazy all this time but the way she do these things looks very cute. I have a warm feeling for the pet dogs that you and every other people are having.

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