Teaching an old dog new tricks

[db44]

Well, I call my dog a puppy even though she's six now. Still, she's not old old.

It took her about a month to learn how to use her new doggie steps to get into bed, and she still tries jump more often than she tries to use the steps.

Think she'll ever get the real hang of it?

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Dog tricks, Dave? Now who's desperate? :p

[tiger_rascal]

Steps? For your dog?

My grandma had a cute little dog and she always slept in my grandmas bed. Funny thing is, my grandmas bed was so high off the ground, in the mornings the dog would jump off the foot of the bed and literally slide acrossed the floor, out the bedroom door and smack into the wall in the hallway. :roll: Funniest thing ever!

[db44]

Cruel Chad, cruel.

It's not a trick per se. It's for her benefit... Actually mine too. Now if she jumps out of bed at night, she hopefully won't cry for me to pick her up.

[tiger_rascal]

No really, it was funny. My grandma would always wake me up at 6am and we would have breakfast. Then, I would usually set on the couch where the sun was shining to warm up and wait for the dog to wake up and watch it slide through the bedroom door, acrossed the hall and *smack!* into the wall. I laughed every morning. It never got old. And the dog always hated me, but in the mornings it would jump into my lap and try to lick my face. :nc:

[db44]

My dog needed surgery after skidding and hitting her leg on a wall.

[tiger_rascal]

Oh, Im sorry.

My grandmas little dog, Ginger, never did get hurt. At least not from sliding into the wall.

[profoundfool]

My dog needed surgery after skidding and hitting her leg on a wall.


:eek:

If my dogs needed surgery every time they did something like that, they might as well move in with the vet. They love body-slamming. Whoever is in the way usually doesn't care for it to the same extent.

[db44]

For small dogs Thurm's size, it's not uncommon for them to have knee problems in their hind legs.

[profoundfool]

For small dogs Thurm's size, it's not uncommon for them to have knee problems in their hind legs.

I suppose. Although sometimes I wish our dogs did suffer the consequences when they do stupid **** and maybe they would learn to take it easy every once in a while. One of our dogs poked a three inch hole in his fur with a stick, yelped and then kept on playing as if nothing had happened. :greyno: