Sunday, June 16, 2013

Retrieve

So I have been incredibly lazy and unmotivated these days. Poor Ricky. But when we do train something, he has an extra little spring in his step. He is very enthusiastic. Last night we reviewed retrieving. I put out quite a few objects - plastic ice cream scoop, little bowl, nerf ball, basket, dumbbell, sock, etc. in one room and then go into another room and send Ricky to get items and bring them to me. He loves this. Awesome since it was so difficult to teach him to walk with something in his mouth. :)

Any way, one of the things he retrieves is an old tv remote with the batteries removed. He brought that to me and I said, "Go get another one" and he trotted off. He came back with the little battery compartment cover that had apparently fallen off the remote. It was too cute.

Ricky is such a good boy!

8 comments:

Sara said...

Thats a fun trick! I'm not sure Oreo would leave the room with the treats to go get something....I'll have to try that.

I've been sooooooo lazy about training lately too! Poor dogs.

Diana said...

What a smart Ricky!!

Sagira said...

He is such a good boy

Cowspotdog said...

He is such a clever boy - that is one thing I have never been able to teach Reilly - he will not hold anything in his mouth

Kathy Mocharnuk said...

That is sooooooooo INCREDABLY cute!!! He is the smartest boy ever! Love him!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin said...

Ricky is so smart! How did the agility classes go? I bet he was the smartest dog in his class.

Dawn said...

Ricky is one talented little dog!

Natasha said...

Too cute!! It's so much fun to watch our dogs being so creative!