It's been a whole year since Maiki's last trick video. A fractured knee at only four months of age sabotaged all our plans. But now she's back - with fifty tricks that she's learned or re-learned in the past couple of months.
I had a border collie who was easy to train but only ever needed praise no treats. My level of communication with her was beyond explanation. We both understood one another’s thoughts.
Fantastic! I really want to teach my guy the leg weaving and the walk backwards but I'm rather surprised to find that he does most of these albeit with a little bit too much enthusiasm sometimes.
Haha, yes. Border collies aren't lacking in enthusiasm. I find that if I train with food treats, the weaving is kind of slow and dignified. If I train with a toy as the reward, the speed picks up considerably.
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your taking time to give input. It made me smile, though, as I've been a language teacher for forty years and a dog trainer for almost the same amount of time. Anti-clockwise is the most usual way of saying it in many parts of the world (like the UK or South Africa, for example) and "Busca" is the most usual way of asking a dog to find something hidden. ..... though it's certainly true that it would mean fetch in other contexts, just as procura would mean find in other contexts. Maiki knows the word, "Fetch" for fetching an object that is thrown for her.... although I know many Spanish dog trainers who use either "Trae" or "Aport."
