Dog owners, share your tricks

[Hottentot]

Most of those "circus acts" have been and are being taught to service dogs all over the world, so they wouldn't mess up in their jobs. The dog does what you tell it, but it's the human being that makes the commands useful.

Out of curiosity, Snestorm and Betonov, you both said you don't use leashes with your dogs. What does the law in your countries say about that? Because in here it's in most cases forbidden. Not that I wouldn't do it myself every now and then (sheesh, I'm not going to get a 50m leash when I'm taking my dog to swim), but I know I could basically be fined for it.

[Growler]

Had a dog named Kola, big boy, part Shepherd, part Retriever, maybe some 75 pounds of muscle and drool; just the coolest dog in the world, but he never just laid down - he'd just throw himself to the ground.

So, whenever he'd be acting up and we wanted him to settle down, we'd tell him, "Kola, throw down" - and he'd just 'whumpf!' on the floor.

[Anthony W.]

My German Shepherd is "passive aggressive" and I don't know whether or not that is a trick or not. She WILL NOT move. I can literally pick her up by the collar and she WILL NOT move. PERIOD. We even tried it with the spike collar as a last resort. Still no luck.

Originally Posted by Hottentot

Most of those "circus acts" have been and are being taught to service dogs all over the world, so they wouldn't mess up in their jobs. The dog does what you tell it, but it's the human being that makes the commands useful.

Out of curiosity, Snestorm and Betonov, you both said you don't use leashes with your dogs. What does the law in your countries say about that? Because in here it's in most cases forbidden. Not that I wouldn't do it myself every now and then (sheesh, I'm not going to get a 50m leash when I'm taking my dog to swim), but I know I could basically be fined for it.

Don't know, or care, what the law says.
If there is a law, it's not enforced.

He's extremely well behaved.

My father always said, "If you need a leash, it's not your dog".
Same applies to husbands and wives.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Hottentot

Out of curiosity, Snestorm and Betonov, you both said you don't use leashes with your dogs. What does the law in your countries say about that? Because in here it's in most cases forbidden. Not that I wouldn't do it myself every now and then (sheesh, I'm not going to get a 50m leash when I'm taking my dog to swim), but I know I could basically be fined for it.

The dog may be unleashed here, as long as it's not less than a meter from you and with a muzzle in public places and less than 5 metres in the forrest. The problem with this country that the damn drunkards that call themselves hunters have a powerfull loby and they are legal to shot my dog, if they feel that it is a threat to wildlife (which is BS, cause myself I make enough noise to scare anything off, it's just that they have to shoot something, but a deer is a too smart of a target for those retards)