"your Dog Is A Copycat"

[Pawbla]

I know this is not exactly new, but:
link to news
It's a study on this! I have the paper on my to-read list. I can't wait to read about the methods they used!

 

[kassidybc]

That's really interesting. I will definitely be trying this out with Chloe. Let us know how it goes if you test this!

 

[Pawbla]

Yeah, I'll read it soon to check what methods they used exactly. Though, from what I read, the sample size is very small (just 8 dogs, and 4 of them were BCs) so I don't know if this would work on all dogs.

 

[running_dog]

Very cool... lets do this as a trick challenge

 

[Ripleygirl]

Very interesting. So does that mean that is why Ripley always digs more out on a walk after I have been gardening?

 

[Pawbla]

Well... my teacher always said that he thought that one of the main reasons dogs dug was that they wanted to "garden" like us

 

[Ripleygirl]

Well... my teacher always said that he thought that one of the main reasons dogs dug was that they wanted to "garden" like us

I think I may agree with your teacher!!!

Seriously though I do think it would make a great trick challenge!

 

[Pawbla]

Yeah me too! I'll try to read it asap and post the method here. I started reading it but (a) I have an exam tomorrow and (b) it made reference to methods in other papers and I had to track them down too. I spent the time I was going to use on reading it on finding the paper "dependencies" haha.

 

[running_dog]

I found this outline for training "Do as I do"
I think it'd probably be enough to start a trick challenge.

 

[jackienmutts]

The Do As I Do training videos on Youtube are amazing to watch!

 

[Pawbla]

Let's start one then!

 

[running_dog]

The Do As I Do training videos on Youtube are amazing to watch!

Thanks! I'll check them out, We're hoping to start a new challenge on Monday (we're just finishing "hide your eyes").

 

[running_dog]

There is now a "Do as I do" Trick Challenge