Sares Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I dont normally post in the main forum, but wanted to share my Frenchie, Ruby's new trick she learnt over the weekend... How to skateboard! She absolutely loves it! We hardly had to teach her anything, she jumped right on it like a natural and can push herself about. Although she does need a little bit of a push when she gets stuck. Plus she likes to chew on the board a bit but thats okay.. Does anyone elses dog do out of the ordinary tricks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That's adorable! What a clever girl :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesluvscavs Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 She's very clever !! Can't say mine do do anything out of the ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I got my partner a skateboard to teach Erik to skateboard on, but he never did. We got three feet on and the skateboard went into storage. But Erik does some pretty neat balancing tricks. Here he is balancing on my wobbly leg: Don't watch the rest of the video. This is from nearly a year ago and Erik has much cooler tricks, now, and is much better at the ones in the video. We are currently working on backwards figure-8 around Kivi's legs and piggy back amongst other things. The piggy back is kinda hard without an extra person. It's going to take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raineth Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Look at her go! That's really cool Sares :) my dogs have also been playing around with the skateboard since my daughter got one for christmas. The Dane is completely insane and has no concern for her personal safety whatsoever, so she is only allowed on it with strict supervision. While Mr Digby is much more tentative and is really probably only giving it a go because we tell him how clever he is :D Ofcourse they can't get around on it so well as Ruby can as they are too big. I would love to see some video footage if you have it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sares Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Corvus - those are some really cool tricks you have Erik doing! thats so awesome! we havent taught Ruby anything like that, she knows the basics eg roll over, high five etc. Is it hard teaching them more complicated tricks like that? Raineth - That certainly would be a sight to see a Great Dane on a skateboard! I would imagine they would be all legs! I do have video footage of Ruby boarding but its on my phone so not sure how to upload it? Let me see if I can work it out as i have never tried before. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 very cute. I love the panning shots too, they really show her moving. In pic #2 she looks like she's got a big pink flower stuck on her bottom, what's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sares Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) very cute. I love the panning shots too, they really show her moving. In pic #2 she looks like she's got a big pink flower stuck on her bottom, what's that? Thanks! I tried to take action shots. :) thats her pink water bucket in the background.. you can just see the top corner of it. Edited January 29, 2013 by Sares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickasyoucan Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Wish mine would ride one he just wants to chase them We tried the riding but he just jumped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Corvus - those are some really cool tricks you have Erik doing! thats so awesome! we havent taught Ruby anything like that, she knows the basics eg roll over, high five etc. Is it hard teaching them more complicated tricks like that? Thanks. It's easy teaching Erik complicated tricks. He is part cat and seems to have been born with amazing balance and body awareness as well as a massive intellect. He seems to think he can do just about anything, and he pretty much can. He falls off or misses and just gets right back into it even harder. I just have to keep up! I've had some interesting problems to solve, but usually good timing with a clicker solves them if Erik doesn't spontaneously work it out on his own. I just recently taught him a "switch" cue to get him changing direction in reverse. It seems to be helping a lot with an ongoing problem we were having with backwards weaving through my legs. I taught him using a method I found on the internet that turned out to be a stupid idea and taught him to consistently overshoot. Clicking helped, but the switch cue is helping more. Kivi doesn't know half the tricks Erik does. I don't think he could learn all of them. He's too cautious and slow. My partner taught Erik to do a combat roll by cueing roll over while Erik was running. E just dropped his shoulder and rolled mid stride despite the fact he was running. It didn't work so well with Kivi! Kivi is learning a backwards weave, though. It's harder because he's bigger and much clumsier, but he's getting there. I do it alongside a fence so he can't go too wide. I'd love to see the video of Ruby skateboarding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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