Tag Archives: train

‘Human Zoomies’

Posted on August 7, 2009 by bighoneydog

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Well, for their last Tricky T-Day my blog friend, Oreo the Sheltie, posted this really cool video of him teaching himself to jump through a hoop, just by free-shaping for about 2 minutes! How cool is that?! If you haven’t seen it yet, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog Play, Just For Fun, Life in Auckland, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged dance, dancing, dog, free-shaping, great dane, hoop, music, play, toy, train, training, tug | 38 Comments

Going for a walk…

Posted on August 3, 2009 by bighoneydog

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A while back, my blog friends Jackal, Dexter and the OP Pack posted videos of their daily walkies – and of course, Khyra ,does regular ‘Walking Wednesdays’ – so I thought I’d show you one of my walks too. I’m really lucky to … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog Training (Everyday manners/Obedience), Dog-Friendly Places (NZ), Life in Auckland | Tagged alpha, attention, auckland, beach, check chain, clicker, cornwall park, daily, distraction, dog, dog park, dog-friendly, earn, exercise, flip's top dog, focus, harness, head halter, heel, ignore, lead, leash, loose, lunge, manners, methods, newmarket, one tree hill, over-excited, pack leader, pee-mail, pull, Queen St, reward, sheep, socialisation, status, tools, train, training, viaduct harbour, waiatarua reserve, walk, walking | 37 Comments

Agility Anyone?

Posted on August 1, 2009 by bighoneydog

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This post is dedicated to all my doggie friends who do Agility! I’m always really impressed by my friends who do Agility – you see, moving fast, running around and jumping a lot (without a ball involved!) is just not really … Continue reading →

Posted in Agility | Tagged Agility, animal, cat, chicken, course, dog, gerbil, guinea pig, hamster, human, lamb, mouse, obstacle, rabbit, show jumping, target stick, train, tricks, weave | 23 Comments

Tricky Free-Time (free-shaping)

Posted on July 31, 2009 by bighoneydog

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You know lots of us doggies are learning tricks and dance moves and stuff…well, check out this doggie team for inspiration - WOW! – my human’s mouth was open the whole time she was watching them - they are incredible! OK, so for Tricky … Continue reading →

Posted in Clicker Training & Tricks, Life in Auckland, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged basket, brain, bucket, circus, clicker training, conditioned reinforcer, dogs, free time, free-shaping, games, great dane, marker, mental, rainy day, reinforcement, shaping, signal, stimulate, teach, team, train, training, tricks, workout | 31 Comments

Tricky TV-Day and my ‘Bow’ & ‘Reverse/Back Up’ trick

Posted on July 23, 2009 by bighoneydog

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Yay – we got the DVD from the TV people yesterday so for Tricky T-Day today, I’m able to show you my TV debut at last! To keep things simple, I have added it to my original post: “My TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Canine Freestyle ('Doggie Dancing'), Clicker Training & Tricks, Life in Auckland, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks) | Tagged back up, backwards, bow, dance, dancing, dog, free-shaping, free-timing, great dane, how, reverse, teach, train, tricks, Tricky T-Day (Pet Tricks), TV debut, TV show, walk | 34 Comments

Introduction to Clicker Training – PART 2: Teaching Tricks

Posted on July 3, 2009 by bighoneydog

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You know all the tricks and moves I learn – both for fun and also for my Canine Freestyle dance routines – are taught by clicker training. So here is Part 2 of my ‘Introduction to Clicker Training’ movie – to show … Continue reading →