Ok, I Have A Box, Now What?

[Vehs]

:D My new BBQ came in a giant box, so aside from myself hiding in the box away from the D - what else can I do with it?

He's happy to jump in, lay down, and have the box closed for a few seconds - I was thinking of building around this and do a trick called 'surprise!' where he covers himself in the box and on the command surprise jumps up .... but not sure where to start

should I back chain it so he's jumping up and then work on him using knotted ropes to close the box? He's never really pulled on a rope before (aside from tug games)

any advice is appreciated or alternative tricks

[MrsD]

Hope someone can help with the way to teach the "surprise" command, both of the things you described are in this fantastic routine (beginning & ending) by Richard Curtis & his BC Jazz .

[Vickie]

Putting his toy/s in the box is another fun & relatively simple trick Vehs.

as is Circling the box

[Vehs]

hehe Vickie - he has mastered toys in the box, with a smaller box, everyone loves watching that trick

how would I go about teaching him to circle something? I might make it a chair instead of the box for now

eta: thanks for the video link - they always give me good ideas for tricks

Edited December 7, 2009 by Vehs

[MrsD]

To teach him to circle it, lure him around something smaller (a chair would be good) & when he has it transfer it to the box (not forgetting to go back to basics the first time you change the parameters like going to a new object ;) )