Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Jack the Beagle & Ruby the Corgi - New Trick

Hi,

During our holidays in Melbourne, we were inspired to teach Jack and Ruby some new tricks after seeing Fluffy, the Maltese mixed dog, performing them.

I started to train both Jack and Ruby how to turn using treats upon the first day home; twice a day.

Jack was more interested in the treat and kept barking for it, not co-operative at all.

But Ruby was a good learner and can followed the instructions.

So I was telling myself that Jack is 10 years old so it might be difficult to teach an old dog new trick..... !

But hang on..... Jack was a fast learner too when he saw what Ruby did and that she got praises and treats too.... (I also gave Jack his share of treats eventhough he did not do what I wanted else he would not stop barking. )

After 1 week of patience, the results were evident and both dogs were responding to the training. I even managed to get them to do it without the treats a few times only..... Ultimately, they should be doing it that way and occassionally rewarded with treats else they will go fat....!!! Ha..ha..ha...

So here is a short video of Jack the 10 years old Beagle and Ruby the 5 years old Corgi doing the turn at the same time ..... viola...!

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