How to train your dog to “yawn”, “smile” and 100 different tricks (capturing a behaviour)
Here I demonstrate how to get some very novel tricks on cue, it’s easy to do and the best bit is that your dog makes up some brand new tricks all of its own! go “like” me on facebook for training updates and advice: www.facebook.com facebook is also the best place to ask me questions.
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she likes to stick her tongue out an awful lot
its so cute. im trying to teach my border collie that now.
the smile looks like an aggressive gesture lol! instead, if i had a guard/big dog ex. rottweiler, german shepherd, pittie, etc, etc, i would make the cue word “grr” and say “rufus, grr” and he would bare his teeth!! that wud be enough (i think) to scare away anyone threatning
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Smile can also be taught by holding a treat very close to their nose and waiting until they “smile,” then clicking and rewarding.
For sneeze, you can tickle your dog’s nose until they sneeze, or (ONLY if they’re okay with it!) let them smell something spicy. (Don’t do that unless you know it won’t bother them.)
@zsianz1 oh, i see where he might be getting australian shepherd, i get them mixed up all the time
i have a new australian shepherd puppy, aww!
Very cute, and very informative as well! A friend of mine trained her cat like that and I didn’t really understand how it worked. You explain it well! Thanks for the video.
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love how mable sticks her toung out XD
@zsianz1 OMG !!!!! really !!! i was thinking of getting one.. but when i saw her i fell in love !!! so i had to know!! thanks so much !! <3
@Kikyo361 no she is pure Border Collie, they also come in blue merle, if you google image search “blue merle border collie” you will see lots like her
@zsianz1 is she mixed with a australian shepherd? cuz she has a coating of one??
@Kikyo361 she is a Border Collie and so she has a tail
omfg i love ur Australian shepherd.. but how come it has a tail.. aren’t they born with bobbed tails?
why does mabel stick out her tounge? it’s so cute!
@zsianz1 I tried keeping an eye on him this past week, but he never did anything worth capturing besides yawning a few times.:/ He has “smiled” once or twice since we’ve had him, so maybe that’s a possible trick.(: It’s fine.^_^ I’m sure there’s a ton of other tricks I’ll be teaching him.(:
@pitbullmaniac11 this is the big problem with this method of training, you have to keep your eye out for things that your dog often does or you won’t be able to catch it, I get so many messages asking how I trained Holly to smile, but it’s just an expression she makes when she’s playing and I captured it. all I can suggest it that you look out for some other cute behaviours that your dog does and work on getting those on cue… sorry not to be of more help
This was a great video.(: I want to teach my dog sneeze and yawn, but I never see him doing it and he won’t mimic me doing it. Any ideas? Thanks!(:
This is my favorite type of training love capturing tricks=)
I taught my puppy to shimmy by capturing the behavior of when she is wet. She shakes when she is wet, so it looks like she is shimming, so every time she was wet I would click and treat, but that took a very long time, so I sped up the process. every time i washed my hands, I would flick the little bit of water off my hands at her (i know it sounds a little mean, but its just water), when the water would get on her face, she would shake it off, i would click and treat, & then i added “shimmy”!
@zsianz1 No, shes the complete opposite. Shes only 13 weeks now, and all she does is sleep eat and play. She LOVES to play, and might huff or snort if she really gets into a tug-of-war gme, but for the most part shes very lazy for her age. Lol. As I said, she rarely growls, shows her teeth or anything like that, being shes EXTREMELY submissive. She only knows sit, down shake and roll over, though she does that already. Who knows, she could be a late bloomer and turn out to be as good as holly =]
i’m gonna try this hopefully it’ll work
I love your videos, and Mabel and Holly are so cute! I adopted an 8 or 9 month old tri-colored border collie from my local shelter last month — she’s very quick with clicker training, and one of the only things I’m still having trouble with in terms of behavior training is teaching her not to mouth/herd me and the cat. As soon as I bring out the treats and clicker she stops the mouthing behavior because she’s more interested in the food. Any suggestions?
Awesome tut!
I adore Mabel’s Tongue! hehe! I love Holly’s smile too! You left out rubbing their bum on the carpet! 
@dogglks doesn’t she yawn or sneeze or stretch? is your dog quiet old?
@fuddyduds that’s a GREAT idea, also asking for behaviours before you give the cue to go sniff works too as you are using the sniffing as a reinforcer!
@zsianz1 Im afriad she doesnt do aything, or at least anything worth making into a trick. The most she does is lie down or sleep, and she doesnt have to be told to do that. =]