Truman loves doing tricks for two reasons: 1) I enjoy what I’m doing and always use positive reinforcement, 2) because that’s his personality.
It is so much easier to teach other dogs to do ANYTHING if they have someone to first show them how to do it. Following another dog’s example is innate to them, but sometimes they can learn by watching their human teacher.
This video shows an example of dogs following top dog (Truman). It’s chaos because Truman loves doing the hoop. When he sees it, he goes bonkers to do his tricks. He jumps, Teddy follows. Teddy doesn’t know the hoop trick but he does what Truman does.
I’m cracking up, so it takes a minute until I get things under control. Please note, Bear (Lab) has only been doing this trick for a week, and this is Teddy’s (Mountain Cur) first day, and first time with other dogs.
Dog Trick: Three dogs jump through a hoop.
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