Etty will catch a peanut at 5 yards.
My dogs have never been trained to do 'stupid tricks' either but, as large animals, have been trained to follow control and obedience commands which is quite different.I don't make my other family members perform stupid tricks for my own entertainment so why would I make the dog? She comes back eventually when called and sits when awaiting a snack. That's it. If I'd I wanted a performing animal I'd have bought a chimpanzee. Which is illegal so.
We got our dog from a rescue home, as quite a young-ish and very scatty pup, and we took him to training classes for the usual sit / stay / "no" sort of training, plus getting him accustomed to other dogs, and to being examined as he would be at a vets.
I was determined to train him to "shake paws" and one evening I got him to do it.
Then I called my wife and daughter in and said "watch this".
When he successfully repeated the trick, first time, they both yelled so excitedly that the dog nearly hit the ceiling! It was a wonder that he ever shook paws again......
It must be 8 years since he took his final trip to the vets at age 16, and I still miss him.
Ever feel like youre being played?One of the annoying things our dog does is to climb up on the sofa ,then deliberately drop his ball down the back of the sofa in the gap between the wall.
He then sits there with a sort of smile on his face, watching us oldies crawling around on the floor trying to get the ball.
He also drops his ball over the fence, just to see it bounce down the steps and roll down the drive and on to the road, while he watches muggins go and collect it.