So far, my dog can:

Sit, stay, lay down, give paw, put a treat in front of him and he wont eat it until i tell him so, roll-over and play dead.

Can anyone suggest any other tricks I can teach him, as he loves to learn.

Thx in advance

teach him to make the tea and toast and feed the cat, do the washing up, go to work, let me know when you have done it so i can teach it to mine.

I had a cross breed, Benji, who would sit with a treat on the end of his nose then on command nudge it and catch it :) Maddie can do this aswell, only took about five tries and won me a fiver off my lad who said it couldn't be done! :D

Here's one my bullies does, when i say touch she jumps up and touches my hand, it's really easy to teach, just have a nice treat at hand say touch put your hand forward so your dog can sniff it, then just repeat there and let your dog sniff your hand and eventually they will associate touch with their noise and jump up to sniff your hand.  I do watch me where the dog learns to watch everything i do, also speak on command, which involves the obvious really, barking but only when you want it to happen.  Well done on learning your dog these things it's good fun mine do sleep also, they put their head on the floor and pretend to be a sleep it isn't flat out but lyin'g with their head on their to poors or crawl

My last dog knew heaps of tricks so I'm just starting all over again with my two youngsters now but with two it is harder to find the time!

Anyway as you can already do the wait for a treat you can build up on thast and you can put a treat on his nose and wait then say okay and he can toss it in the air and catch it. Start by throwing treats near an arond his head for him to learn a quick catch first and when you do the wait if the treat just falls to the floor try to get it before your dog and try again.

Cannot do the treat on the nose.  You could develop the shaking paw to a high five.  Mine shuts the door.  One of my favourites is weaving through your legs.  Took a long time to get it right probably because she is not little and I have short legs :rolleyes: :D.  Good one to learn and we finish off with a high five.

As well as the basics (sit, down etc) Holly knows:
Turn around (spin), jump (straight up into the air), shake paws, shake (shakes whole body as if she is wet), beg, stand up (on hind legs), speak, take a bow, kiss, crawl (creeps along on her belly)
I'm sure there must be more I've forgotton. Her most recently learnt trick is take a bow, she learnt it a few weeks ago at the age of 9

How clever all your dogs are! I haven't taught any of my present dogs any tricks, really. They instead are trained on all the boring "usefull" things, like stop, stay, stand and of course come back :-D One thing they know, though, which might be called a trick, is they know straight ahead, turn left and turn right. Very handy as I walk all three of them together. That could maybe be a new trick to train, when outdoors. It's taken me some time, but now I find the young dogs learn from the older ones, so hardest work really was with my first dog.
Karen

Trwirl  & a bow
weave thru legs

reverse thru legs

Mary Ray has written a book with 50 tricks you can teach your dog. http://www.maryray.co.uk/product_pages/dogtricks.html

I feel horribly inferior now! Nips can only do ordinary things like sitting, coming back, going steady, saying please and "see it off"! Although he can differentiate between toys and we regularly play "get me the ball/squeaker/tuggy". With a dog that isn't food orientated, more exciting tricks take longer though!

Mary Ray - She's got collies though.  It's a well known fact that collies only have to read the book or watch the video to be able to perform any trick isn't it? :P :D

True. In fact I've heard that they set up the video and operate the remote control too. ;)

:D :D @ cheryls and roz :D

& shelties &  a lurcher, & has had BSDs

i have that book and it is brilliant. would reccomend it as the only trick book you would ever need to buy.

Thank you so much guys for all your replies.

My dog is not a food orientated dog too, so is quite amazing he's learned so much, but as I said he absolutely loves performing and learning new tricks. I just think its a great mental stimulation for him :-)

Thank you so much for all your suggestions, I am off to teach 'mutley' some new tricks :-)

THere is a book that came out years before 'Dog Tricks'..... it is called "The trick is in the training".  It includes a practice and achievement chart which is nice to use and make a record for each dog.

Also it is a much much better book because it's not full of BC's and actually includes a beautiful Aussie....

Most of the tricks in these books thoughs are ones you think up yourself and  can teach without the tips...but the books are well presented so are a nice supliment to. Basically my last dog was 18 mobnths old when I bought the first book and he could already do all the tricks I found in the book...but I still had to buy it! I love these books....  I guess I just like the doggie pics!

There's also a lovely basic obedience training book called 'Dog Training' that's well worth buying too... basically because it's also got a cute Aussie in it.   ;)

At the moment my two do a good 'bang' can do a roll over, give their front  paws, twist, circle, and my 16 month old can also do the weave and fig of 8 through my legs. My 14 month tries but gets lost somewhere.

OK, well, 2 weeks later and he can now also;

bow
tap-tap (taps both front legs)
touch (touches my hand with his nose)
kiss (licks my hand)
find it (retrieving hidden objects i.e. treats container, toys)

I am now teaching him not to bark when the door bell goes off and its going really well; he stopped barking and only does a 'ruff' now , well pleased with that one :-)

I am amazed at how quickly he's learning
I am off to teach him more treaks, we're having such fun :-)

Fab :)

I'm going to try the tap tap with front legs.  Not heard of that one :)

How did you teach the figure of 8 thru legs please? I have started by getting Floyd to follow his ball round and this works ok ... but not sure how to get away from the ball now : ) Or is that totally wrong, and I should do it another way entirely?
Thanks

Haven't come to that one yet, but I would get him to follow a treat (biscuit), so hold the treat in front of his nose and get him to follow it and say the name of the trick (i.e. 'number 8' or 'zig-zag' or 'scizzors' or whatever you want to name it) and when he does it than praise him and give him the treat :-)

Last night I put a handful of treats in front of him, told him to stay, went upstais (completely left the room), came back in 10min and he was still there 'guarding' the treats and hasn't taken a single one - what a clever doggy, I was really impressed :-)

I have a felling with the rate he's going he soon will be able to make the tea

You are doing it right with the ball or treat as a lure..whatever catches the interest on the dog. I use treats because they are smaller and it is easier visually to do away with them  when you are ready.

Give the same command you are using each time you do the weave and exaggerate your bogy language to cue the dog which way to go..slowly you just reduce the 'help' so at some point put the ball away and just use your hands with the comand and body launguage...and then as soon as a fig of 8 is completed go wiuld with praise  reward and play with the ball or whatever the dog likes. Quickly build into two or three or more 8's or the dog will want to stop at 1.

With little anf often.. each day or even a few mins once a week or less if that's all you can fit in... you will build this up until you can stand straighter and give commands.  Once you get the concept over you can walk and weave quite easily...( depending on the size of your dog!   ;)  )

Also only praise when the move is done corectly or you confuse the dog...and if you want a close tight impressive weave only reward the very superb attempts your dog makes.

Thanks Tenaj and MGR,
I shall try swapping over to a treat and just keep on practicing : )
I got a great trick book based on clicker training, called "The Only Dog Tricks Book You'll Ever Need" by Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz - its great, but it didn't have this one in it and I had already started teaching it
We'll have Floyd in the circus before he knows it