Category Archives: Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks)

A home at last! …and a Tricky Evening…

Posted on November 12, 2011 by bighoneydog

Yay! Finally! We’ve got a home in Sydney! My humans finally found a little house that was in a nice area and wasn’t too old and broken and didn’t cost too much money paper to rent and the Agent Humans … Continue reading →

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My ‘Pet Resume’…and my Hallowe’en trick!

Posted on October 29, 2011 by bighoneydog

I wanted to thank everybody who left such lovely comments on my post about us trying to find a new home in Sydney! Thanks for all the great tips & helpful suggestions to tackle those anti-doggie Landlord Humans (in particular, … Continue reading →

Posted in Clicker Training & Tricks, General Dog Information, Life in Newcastle, Moving Home, Socialisation, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged breaking trick into steps for teaching, capture action clicker training, Hallowe'en dog trick. contest, how to convince landlord to accept pets, pet resume for renting, rental agents reference for dog, renting with pets, teaching a dog to growl on command | 46 Comments

Honey & Muesli learning new tricks…together!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by bighoneydog

A few months ago, my blog friends in Malaysia, Christmas the Mini-Schnauzer and her puppies, Happy, Pinky & Jingle Bell learnt a really cool trick: to jump up into into their human’s arms! They showed a great video of how they learnt … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Training, Clicker Training & Tricks, Life in Newcastle, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged cat training, clicker training, cross paws, dog & cat tricks, Great Dane learning new tricks, high five, jump up into arms | 40 Comments

Tricky T-Day: ‘Bisou’!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by bighoneydog

Here is the French command I learnt for Lincoln the Great Dane’s “French Craze Contest“! Can you guess what the command was? It’s “bisou” – which means “KISS!” in French, of course! My human, Hsin-Yi, had to find an action which … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Training, Clicker Training & Tricks, Friends, Just For Fun, Life in Newcastle, Muesli, New Kitty Sister, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged bisou, blog contest, clicker training, great dane, kiss, kitten clicker training, learning a command in French, Neopolitan Mastiff cross, nose target, Sheffield, teaching dog to touch noses with human, The Full Monty | 35 Comments

Tricky T-Day: (Clicker) Training Miss Muesli…

Posted on April 7, 2011 by bighoneydog

OK! So you’ve all been wanting to hear about Muesli’s clicker training! Well, Hsin-Yi started doing it with her about 2 weeks ago and so far, she has managed to teach Muesli to Sit! Below, I have listed the steps … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Training, Clicker Training & Tricks, Life in Newcastle, Muesli, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged cat clicker training, charging the clicker, food motivation, generalisation, generalise training commands, life rewards, marker-based training, positive reinforcement, reward-based, teaching a kitten to Sit, training a cat to Sit, training rewards, training sessions, training treats | 39 Comments

Stinky bones, helpful tricks and baby Dane puppies!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by bighoneydog

Well, I had the most AWESOME time at my RSPCA Demo Team display yesterday!! All of us doggies did so well and our humans were so proud of us! Of course, Paul came to watch and was Camera Machine Man – … Continue reading →