So i thought...
Alfie has learned 2 new tricks, both of them pretty basic, but he's doing very well for 13 weeks old. When he sits, if i say "left" he gives me his left paw, and if i say "right" he gives me his right. He has learned to fetch the ball in a great way, to the point where i test his wee brain too.... i put him in the lounge, and go into the hall and arrange a load of toys on the floor, amongst which is his ball (a tennis ball specifically).. i then let him out and say "get the ball" and he goes right for the tennis ball every time... he also brings it right to me, and doesnt drop the ball until i have a hold of it and say "thank you"... ocassionally if he drops it, i say "bring the ball" and he picks it back up and brings it to me... The only thing is, the other day, i took him out back, but couldnt find his tennis ball, so i took a rubber squeaky ball... im not sure if it was because he was outside and had more distractions, but he didnt seem to understand when i said "get the ball", and i think he has learned this only with his tennis ball.. nevertheless, as i said, i think his progress is remarkable for a dog this age. |
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| That's awesome - the fact that he can differenciate between the items. and at such a young age. They are so smart. The moment when you are really communicating with each other - it's like learning a foreign language, and finally being able to communicate with one of the natives! I hope you keep it up and take it to the highest level you can - and keep us posted. Wow - 13 weeks! I'll be happy to just get our 9 week old potty trained!!! |
| Speaking of foreign languages, im currently learning italian..
anyway, i suggested to my girlfriend, who already speaks some italian, that we teach alfie commands only in italian, so that he wont understand anyone else... just for fun but we wont really do it |
| Our basset rescue took in a basset that was bred and raised in France. He of course, "speaks" French! His adoptive family had to learn a crash course in french to know his commands. Luckily the family that relinquished him left a list of the words that Henri knows! |
| Remember doggies don't see red or green.......so the ball and lawn may have been the same color and hard to see for the little guy. |
| Anche noi stiamo imparando l'italiano!
Tessie's name is short for Tesoro/a - "treasure", and we are teaching her in English and Italian. Thank goodness "no" is the same in both languages - hahaha  |
| I speak several languages (not fluently, but little bits here and there), and I have certain things that I say to my kids in other languages. For instance, if the kids (people kids, lol) are acting up and need a warning, I will say "wahad" which is Arabic for "One"... or "khalas", which is Arabic for "enough", but no one around us understands, so I am able to give them a light "correction" without embarrassing them, lol. It's also a way to let them know I am serious without using the "mean voice".
My kids greet me with "Hi hanni wash-te" in the morning, which is Lakota for "Good Morning". The dogs get trained in English, Lakota, and Arabic (My mother is Native American and I have lots of friends who are Arabic-speaking refugees). The difficult part about the Lakota and Arabic though is that words are gender-specific sometimes, so the "come" command is different for Stella and Sampson, but then they know which one I am commanding, so I guess it works out. We just do it for fun though... I always start the training in English and add the other languages after they have the English commands down. I did have one dog once that only responded to Lakota commands because the person who trained him spoke Lakota, and it was fine until he got loose and wouldn't respond to the neighbors English commands  |
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