Each Course consists of 6 1-Hour Private Sessions in Clients Home
Trick training is important for several reasons:
- Bonding and Relationship Building: Teaching tricks involves spending focused time with your pet, which strengthens your bond and enhances communication between you as a team
- Mental Stimulation: Learning tricks challenges your pet’s mind and helps prevent boredom. Mental stimulation is crucial for overall well-being and can reduce behavior problems that stem from boredom or lack of engagement.
- Physical Exercise: Many tricks involve physical movement or coordination, which provides exercise and helps maintain your pet’s physical health.
- Confidence Building: Successfully learning and performing tricks can boost your pet’s confidence. This is especially beneficial for shy or fearful animals, helping them feel more secure and self-assured.
- Improves Training Skills: Teaching tricks improves your own training skills as well. You learn how to break down behaviors into smaller steps, use positive reinforcement effectively, and understand your pet’s learning style.
- Fun and Entertainment: Tricks are entertaining for both you and your pet, adding joy and excitement to your daily interactions.
- Useful Commands and Behaviors: Some tricks can be practical, such as teaching your dog to fetch specific items or teaching your cat to come when called in case of an emergency. These skills can be useful in everyday life.
Overall, trick training is not just about teaching your pet cute or amusing behaviors; it’s a valuable way to enrich their life, deepen your relationship, and keep them mentally and physically stimulated.
For Do More With Your Dog, Tricks are broken down into different levels of increasing difficulty for you and your dog, and you get to pick which tricks you’d prefer from each one! Don’t worry, our trainer can help identify the best tricks for you if you’re uncertain!
15 Novice Dog Tricks such as:
- Backup Chute
- Balance Beam
- Balance Cookie on Nose
- Bang Game (smack a board)
- Bar Jump
- Biscuit Under the Sofa
- Bobbing for Popcorn/Balls
- Boing!
- Bow Under a Magic Square
- Catch a Ball/Toy
- Cavaletti Arc
- Come
- Crawl
- Disc Rollers
- Down
- Drop It
- Fetch (Bring it Near Me)
- Find Hidden Treats
- Focus
- Front
- Hand Signals (3 Behaviors)
- Head Cock
- Hide and Seek (Find Me)
- Hoop Jump
- Jump Over My Knee
- Kennel Up
- Kisses Novice
- Laundry Basket
- Leave It/ Food Refusal
- Loose-Leash Walking
- Memory Game (3 Baskets)
- Muffin Tin Game
- Paws in a Box
- Paws on My Arm
- Paws Up on an Object
- Peekaboo/Center Position
- Platform Jump
- Push-ups
- Rainbow Ladder (Trot Through)
- Ride in a Wagon
- Ring a Bell to Go Outside
- Roll Out the Carpet
- Send to Platform
- Sing / Howl
- Sit
- Smile
- Sneeze
- Speak (Bark on Cue)
- Spin Circles
- Spinner Wheel
- Stacking (for conformation)
- Stand
- Stay
- Take It
- Target disc (Nose Touch)
- Target Stick (Nose Touch)
- Touch My Hand (Nose Touch)
- Treadmill (sustained trot)
- Tug a Toy
- Tunnel
- Volleyball
- Wall Stand
- Which Hand Holds the Treat?
- Wobble Board
30 Tricks For Novice Masters
12 Intermediate Dog Tricks such as:
- 2 On/2 Off Peanut
- 2-on/2-off Pull Back on
- A-frame
- Balance on a Block
- Balance on Top of a Ball
- Baton Jumping
- Bead Maze
- Binoculars
- Blowing Bubbles in Water Bowl
- Bowling
- Carry my Bag
- Chute Tunnel
- Close the Door
- Crawl Tunnel
- Dig
- Directional Casting
- Disc Catch
- Discern Objects’ Names
- Emergency Stop
- Fetch-to-Hand
- Figure-8’s Through My Legs
- Flyball Box Turn/Slant Board
- Go Around
- Hand Signals (6 Behaviors)
- Heart / Nose Boop
- Hold Object in Mouth (5 sec.)
- Honk a Bike Horn
- Hoop Jump over another dog’s back
- Jump Through My Circled Arms
- Jump Wraps
- Leg Weave
- Lick Lips
- Litter in the Waste Basket
- Look Left/Look Right
- Mail Carrier (take note to someone)
- Nose-Touch (Sustained 4 sec)
- Open a Door (by tugging it)
- Paper-Covered Hoop
- Paw Wrap Around Object
- Pawprint Painting
- Peekaboo (remain between my legs while I walk)
- Pick a Card from a Deck
- Platform jump with hoop
- Pull on a Rope
- Rainbow Ladder (Front Paws Only)
- Roll Over
- Secret
- Selfie
- Shake Hands
- Shake Your Head “No”
- Shell Game (Nose at Correct Cup)
- Side Step Drill
- Sit Pretty / Beg
- Soccer (Push a Ball)
- Stay (Out of Sight)
- Target Mark (Foot Touch)
- Treibball Counter (continually remains on opposite side)
- Tunnel Ball
- Upright Walking (Assisted)
- Whisper
20 Tricks For Intermediate Masters
5 Advanced Dog Tricks such as:
- Arm Weaves
- Back Stall
- Back Up
- Bark the Answer
- Barrel Racing (Go Around 3 Objects)
- Bow
- Broad Jump
- Canicross
- Chorus Line Kicks
- Clothesline
- Cornhole Bean Bag Game
- Cover Handler with Blanket
- Directed Retrieve
- Distance Work (3 behaviors, 10 ft /3m away. OK to treat between each)
- Dock Diving
- Double Hoop Circle
- Downward Dog
- Drop on Recall
- Dumbbell workout
- Dusting Dog
- Flag Wave
- Flamingo/ Jump Through Circled Leg
- Food Retrieval
- Football (American)
- Footsies (peekaboo with paws on my feet)
- Free the Hostage
- Get the Phone When It Rings
- Get Your Leash
- Half Reverse/Scoot
- Head Down
- Heel with Automatic Sit
- Hide Your Head Under Something
- Hide Yourself
- Hoop Figure 8
- Hug a toy or object
- Jump into My Arms
- Jump Over My Back
- Mail from the Mailbox
- Maypole
- Ninja Roll
- Paint an Egg
- Paintbrush Painting
- Piano
- Pick up flat item and give to handler
- Pickpocket Pooch
- Place (circle to my left side)
- Play Dead
- Pounce
- Pull a Wagon (pull with mouth)
- Rainbow Ladder (Back Paws Only)
- Rebound
- Remove socks/slippers
- Say Your Prayers
- Side (swing to my left side)
- Side Pass/ Crab Walk
- Side Step Drill (ball or flying disc)
- Skateboard (front paws only)
- Spin a Tight Circle on a Small Pedestal
- Spin While Holding a Hoop
- Surfing/Paddleboarding
- Tap Dance
- Tap Light
- Target Mark (Rear Foot Touch)
- Teeter-Totter
- Tidy Up Toys into Toy Box (no lid)
- Time Out Corner
- Treibball (brings ball 4 ft/1m)
- Triangle (Musical Instrument)
- Turn Book Page
- Turn off Lightswitch
- Walk Another Dog on a Leash
- Wave
- Weight Pull
- Wipe Your Paws on Doormat
- Xylophone
- Yes/No Buttons
10 Tricks For Advanced Masters
5 Expert Dog Tricks such as:
- Achoo! Bring Me a Tissue Expert
- Airplane / Arm Circle Expert
- Back up angled beam Expert
- Back up on stairs Expert
- Balance Beam (Double Rail) Expert
- Barn Hunt / Area Search Expert
- Barrel Roll: 2 feet pushing Expert
- Barrel Roll: 4 Feet on barrel Expert
- Basketball Expert
- Bird Dog Yoga Pose Expert
- Blow your nose Expert
- Cartwheel Expert
- Chess Expert
- Chin Spin Expert
- Climb a Ladder Expert
- Cover Your Eyes Expert
- Cross your paws Expert
- Cue Cards (dog responds to words/symbols) Expert
- Directed Jumping Expert
- Disc Vault/ Rebound Expert
- Distance Work (6 behaviors, 12 feet/3.6m away, treats between OK) Expert
- Dock Diving- e Expert
- Egg and Spoon Race Expert
- Figure-8’s Through My Legs (Reverse) Expert
- Find the Object With My Scent Expert
- Fishing With a Rope Expert
- Flyball Expert
- Foot Stall Expert
- Footsies Walking (paws on my feet as I walk) Expert
- Handstand Expert
- Handstand Vault Expert
- Herding Expert
- Hoop Jump over My Back Expert
- Hoop Leg Weave Expert
- Hoop Lying on the Ground Expert
- Hoop Rebound Expert
- Hopscotch Expert
- Hug an object, including first picking up the object Expert
- Jenga Expert
- Jump Rope Expert
- Kennel Up (open door, go in crate, close door) Expert
- Laundry Day Expert
- Leg Weave (Reverse) Expert
- Limp Expert
- Litter in the Step Can Expert
- Mail from the Mailbox (including closing lid) Expert
- Match to Sample Expert
- Moonwalk Expert
- Nose Work Box Search Expert
- Open a Door (using door handle) Expert
- Orbit (circles backwards around your legs) Expert
- Paintbrush Painting (including bucket) Expert
- Paw Pods (4 Foot Target) Expert
- Piggybank (put coin in slot) Expert
- Ping Pong Expert
- Pony Walk / March with High Kicks / Foot March Expert
- Push a Shopping Cart Expert
- Put on a Hat Expert
- Rainbow Ladder (push a yoga ball through it) Expert
- Rainbow Ladder (Step Backward) Expert
- Rear Foot Spin Expert
- Rear Leg Hike Expert
- Retrieve Over High Jump (with formal hand delivery) Expert
- Ring Toss / Quoits Expert
- Roll Yourself in a Blanket Expert
- Rolling Hoop Dive Expert
- Scootering / Mushing / Carting Expert
- Shape Sorting Game Expert
- Shed Hunt Expert
- Shell Game (More Advanced Indicating) Expert
- Skateboard (3 or 4 paws on top) Expert
- Soda from the Fridge Expert
- Somersault Vault Expert
- Stack cups/bowls Expert
- Suitcase – Get in a Closed Suitcase Expert
- Tidy Up Toys into Toy Box (also opening lid) Expert
- Track a Person’s Scent Trail Expert
- Treibball (brings ball 15 ft/4.5m) Expert
- Trust Fall Expert
- Upright Walking Expert
- Weave Poles Expert
- Yoga Pose
10 Tricks For Expert Masters