This is a continuation on my “series” on pet tricks. Please try to use this format:

Trick

Description of trick ;)

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      See my reply

      • how do we do spoilers?

      Thank goodness there’s no post “historians” looking into me ;)

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    Tracking lost humans

    Taught my dog to smell a clothing item, and she can distinguish the right person and follow the footfalls that person walked. She is pretty reliable up to about 18-36 hours old depending on weather conditions.

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        Just about any dog can do it, as long as you can find a good reward system for the dog. Mine loves playing fetch, so once we find the person we’re looking for, that person gives her lots of attention and fetch play.

        It took a lot of work, and a lot of help from other people, but she’s really good at it now.

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    STOP!

    Uncommon command. If he’s walking or running, stop means stop and stay put.

    Edit: formatting, as per OP’s request.

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    Drop it! (after successful “fetch”)

    I don’t personally have a dog but I taught a roommate’s dog to drop the ball by dropping a piece of chicken breast when he was looking up with the ball in his mouth and saying “drop it or drobbit!” as it descended. Then he dropped the ball and learned its more fun to drop it!

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    Let foot rest on + pet dog (contact)

    Technically I taught my cat this first but dogs can be persuaded to allow you to pet them and rest your foot on them so you can lay at a distance and still have contact and like pet/groom them with ur totally clean feet 😽

    Just watch out for foot cramps 🙀 They are ![excellent]

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    SPIT!

    After I gave her a treat, SPIT and she spits it on the floor waiting for me to tell her she can now eat it