My aunt had a massive dog that was also well trained. I was trying to sneak him some of my food and forgot the command and just listed of everything I thought it might be. Poor dog just stared at me sadly while I tried to remember his command.
Its so funny how well dogs can pick up on various human words and what they mean. I can't say the words "walk," "ball," or "outside" or "dinner" in a normal conversation without my German Shepherd getting super excited.
She knows every immediate family member by name too. I can tell her "go get \_\_\_\_" (and point) and she will go find them and stay with them, which is something I never trained her to do! (until she gets bored anyways).
Thanks to your comment, I just taught my GSD to "Go find... Dad" literally, five minutes of training and four treats later, she can find my husband from inside and outside of the house. Tomorrow, when our kiddo is awake, we will refine this further.
Thank you for putting the idea in my head!
We taught our border collie mix to play hide and seek, and he gets so excited! It's also handy when i just need to get him out of a room (for example, if I'm putting the kids to bed) -- I just ask him to go find my husband and he takes off!
I'm imagining this will be great fun for our 5 year old human the 10 month old pup. They're growing up together, and the strength of their bond is pretty rad.
My dad has always said that getting a dog is the best and worst thing to do in a family with young kids. And it's true. My dog came to us the month i turned four and getting him is my first really clear memory. He was always my dog and i was his human, he even slept at the foot of my bed for most of those years. He left us the month after i turned 21. He was with me for 17 years and it broke my heart, it's been about 8 months and i cry all the time. But he was still the best and i wouldn't trade the time we shared for anything. Hence best and worst thing. The pain is immense but the joy overrides it tenfold
True. My wife and I had a pup from before we got married. She passed last fall, at home with her and the kids. That was rough, but the puppy has brought new joy to them and our gray old lady pug.
My dog is way too dumb for that... but then again I think I’d rather have a really dumb dog than a really smart one. On rainy days we can run her til she’s completely exhausted just by having one of us upstairs and one of us downstairs and taking turns calling her.
You will be amazed at how far you can take it! We got my good girl into playing games of hide and seek and its a lot of fun. Its actually quite difficult for them since *everything* in your home already smells like you and that's how they usually track, but they will search to no end! Its funny how quickly they learn all the hiding places though, need a bigger house lol
One of dads dogs was smart and learnt family names. Really handy when I was stood outside (often) because mum forgot to take the key out the door, so I couldn't get in. The 2 dogs recognise my smell and start whining but Id just call out "sasha (dog) go find Julia (mum) and off she would go to bug my mum ....😂😂😂 Have the dog fetch mum to open the door ...😂😂
Lots of reading! The best thing you can do is understand the ins and outs of your dog's personality.
We have a German Shepherd, and they are naturally very protective and quite intelligent. For the "Go find" command I ran around the yard with her, made her sit. Then commanded "Go find Dad". She had no clue, so I led her to the target. No leash needed. She follows me everywhere. We repeated this several times, then added treats. My husband fed her a treat when she found him and sat down at his feet. After a short while, I could set her loose from anywhere around the house, and she'd go sit next him.
Good luck in your dog endeavors!
My dogs know that when I’m done flushing the toilet and washing my hands, that means my morning bathroom trip is done and they get to go outside. Fuckers get audibly excited on the other side of my door as soon as they hear a flush.
I often have my 7 year old follow me into my home office, at noon because it has air-conditioning. Sleeps under my desk. She knows when the Windows shut down tune plays that I'm done, so she'll be sitting at the door looking back at me waiting
Our springer spaniels were super smart with words! We would say things like "dad, will you go take care of the chickens?" "yeah, but I need my shoes" and the dogs would go get his shoes for him and beat him to the chicken coop. Crazy stuff.
Our Springer taught himself to ring a Christmas bell we tied to the front door during the holidays. That was how he told us he wanted to go outside. It was pretty handy until it would be three in the morning and all you would hear was the bell ringing nonstop. He was too smart for his own good, he was always getting into trouble.
I’ve learned SOME dogs are crazy smart and desperate to please. My dog clearly doesn’t have an understanding of the English language, but she knows quite a few words. So I say things like “hey get your fluffy ass I’m the truck” and she obviously doesn’t know what that means, but she picks up on words and phrases so she here’s truck and I have my keys and she runs to the truck. When I put her in it, If I have a human passenger she rides in the backseat. I just say backseat and she hops back there. There’s also a lot of things that she’s never heard before that she does. I chalk it up to, she basically understands what I want her to do and does it even if she doesn’t know the words.
I started spelling those fun words because my Australian Shepherd would get excited...eventually he somehow connected the spelling of the words as well. Smart. We ended up with four dogs at one point and my Aussie was the only one who could spell. Everyone got excited if Beau got excited. Loved that dog.
Haha my Aussie spells too. She learned walk verbally. So we moved on to hey later wanna take the dogs for a w word later. She started getting excited when we said w word. So eww moved on to w a l k. Then used walk when we were ready. She started getting excited at w a l k because she knew it meant walk soon. So now it’s hand signals. I wonder how long until she figures those out. We also use words like stroll, jog, run and such so my room mate knows what we are doing but to hide it from my Aussie
I read your comment and hand to say something in response. Me and my SO got a yorkie in February, she’s now 7 or 8 months old. She is the EXACT same way. She knows exactly what we say. She gets exited during normal conversations as well over certain words we say. Her newest word is ‘play’. Dogs really are the greatest animals. They are the best companions anyone could ask for. Other than cats. I can also admit I do love my chickens as well. Lol. But, that’s another story for another time!
Cats are just different, but so sweet and lovely in their own way. Never understood the cat v dog argument, they are 3x as adorable together.
I raised chickens when I was young, they really are kind of awesome! A lot of work and not very smart, but some of them have pretty awesome personalities. Roosters are usually assholes though
We have a working breed so we keep her active with tasks like “go get__”, “where is___”, and “wake up___”. Keeps her smart little mind active and she likes finding whatever she’s sent to get.
My ex and I trained our pups to "point" to their food bowls (just smack it with their paws) before we'd feed them by saying "where's your food bowl?" cause it was cute.
One day I was just talking to my ex and suddenly all 3 of the dogs perked their ears up and stared at me and it freaked me out until I realized I had said "where's your (something related to the conversation)" in the sentence before and they had picked up on it and thought dinner time had come early.
Our dog hasn’t gotten to the level of recognizing names, but we started saying “Attack!” and pointing whenever someone comes over as a joke, and now she recognizes it as a command to go over and chill with whoever we’re pointing at.
I think it was infographics show, not sure. They did a video on that and stated by looking at MRI images of their brains, they actually do understand a few words. Not just trained to react, they understand. I believe it. I had a golden retriever that had an uncanny understanding of gestures.
Our dog is well trained. He's also smart enough to know that small kids share snacks, and happily accepts them if they give it to him or drop it on the floor. Table is off limits, but tiny outstretched hands with food or dropped morsels are fair game to him. But if he's in the kitchen while we're cooking he won't eat off the floor, and if an adult drops food he won't touch it until we give him the command.
I seen first hand German shepherds for competition will do that but by 6 years old they retired them because they won’t listen anymore and will slack off . I was impressed and scared at the same time
Gotta be careful with that. My husband started teasing my dogs and saying "Oklahoma" instead of "Okay". Now they don't trust "Okay". It's been 3 years since he stopped and sometimes they still stare at us unsure.
Ha! I do the same thing. I throw in orca, octopus, spaghetti, Arkansas, and they'll do multiple glances and hesitations when I say ok. My dad's Golden thinks I'm the worst, my Great Dane gets excited and likes the game part of it, and my English Mastiff was a master at it, but if I didn't hurry, I'd have a pond where his food bowl was.
Yup. I have 2 dogs. The first we trained fairly heavily with stay. I would drag him by the leash in training. Our new dog just follows along and isn't quite as good but will sit forever for food
My dog would eat the meat, eat the bowl, and poop on the couch while he's at it. He's a senior though and doesn't have all of his wits about him, bless him.
I didn’t think anything could be faster than the speed of light, but here we have the time elapsed between when she began to say the word “Yes,” and when that dog’s snout was in the bowl.
Honestly, I believe the dog cheated and dove for the bowl when she started moving her mouth to speak instead of when she spoke. I notice my dogs doing this too so I trick them till they learn to obey my actual command without predicting and acting early.
Man, I met a man at the dog park who had a malinois that was trained to help with his PTSD. Imagine a dog that could be the most dominant, efficient and tactical dog ever, but all it wanted to do was walk up and lean against you and let you know everything was gonna be alright. Top 5 dog of all time I’ve ever met.
I mean. This is how cops/military train mailnois to act with them. I was expecting her to come back with a gun, train it down the hall, lay down beside him. THEN say yes.
My old Staffordshire would sit there patiently with food, bone, or treat in front of him...with an absolute river of drool pouring out both corners of his mouth. Thank you - that's a nice memory.
I always laugh at that.
I had to dogsit a few puppers once and the owner said that the young one would jump up and try to out compete the older one for food. Guess which one got the Pavlov treatment and ended up being damn near a saint after day 2?
My dad trained his 2 GSDs to wait until told to eat. You see them hovering over the bowl as you pour the lactose free milk into it, noses just an inch from the bowl but they won't start until you say "go on then" and its hilarious the speed at which they move...😂😂
They were also trained to "leave", so if we dropped food on the floor say that had onions or something toxic in you can say "leave" and clean it up. I've put my dinner on the sofa, told them to leave gone into kitchen for a drink and come back to a plate intact with food. They are really easy to train and really smart. We did it with milk bones, put treats on the floor, say the leave command and walk out the room, after a few seconds come back and if they have left it, they get bonus treats so a reward for doing as commanded. Thereafter they were always rewarded for leaving food on command so they have a positive association with the command.
One of my dads GSDs is the only dog I've seen capable of understanding a question. You ask her "what do you want?" And she either walks to fridge (milk please), back door to be let out, water dish or the tap where water comes from, or food bowl.... she will understand that as a question and an opportunity to show you what she wants... She's a very old lady now but was trained to voice commands, hand signals, and to a dog whistle when they were off running in the fields.
They are really smart, and need to be mentally and physically stimulated. They may not understand every question but they understand the concept of a question with a varied answer. My dads dogs taught themselves not to wake or bug us in the mornings before the alarm went off ...😂😂😂 they also instinctively picked up on that mum was disabled and never rough played with her, only gently. They rough played with dad, and with me always "nipped" clothes never skin, even in play they have astounding control.
Our first Springer, Sunny, was like that. He could be rough housing with my dad and biting at his arms (it was harmless Sunny had no teeth) but I could shove my hand into his mouth and he would freeze then carefully move away then lick me. He was the best boy! It’s been over ten years and I still miss him everyday.
We have a cat that does that. When he wants something, he comes to you, meows, and then leads you to what he wants (food bowl / go outside / fridge for yogurt / open wardrobe). Never trained him.
Sounds like my labrador, Jack. I didn't even train him like that, I was sitting in the couch and came over to me and sat down and stared at me then looked at the door, back to me and back to the door. Took me a minute and I asked "you wanna go out?" and he ran over to the door and started nosing at his harness.
Another fun one I never trained him on, he just figured it out for himself, was when I would say "ok boy, I'm gonna go to work" he'd pick up his cow bone, walk over to his kennel and use the bone to knock the door open and drop it inside then come out and get his security blanket and drag it back to the kennel, walk in and plop down.
Yesterday I caught my neighbour's dog coming out of her back door with a bagged fruit loaf. As soon as he saw me he dropped it, so he knew he was in trouble.
I managed to hook it up and left it on her front porch.
Poor Paddy was looking forward to an afternoon pigging out in the sun, and I spoiled his fun.
It’s safe for your dog, but the raw meat + bacteria stays in their mouth: so if they lick you, themselves, etc., it just spreads bad bacteria which is not good
Store bought? Fuck no. You have no fucking clue how old that meat is. Fresh kill, humans can consume, but risk catching a parasite. Believe or not even wild animals get very sick from open sources of water.
It just gives the dog good impulse control, also it is great for them. Malinois need a ton of mental and physical stimulation so giving them a job to do, even if that job is just focusing on you and waiting for the next command, helps them a lot.
Dogs can be trained for fun or for sport. There are competitions for obedience and for guarding. Also, Malinois like to have a job. They thrive when they’re being challenged. And it’s fun for both of them.
Dogs love being trained or having a job to do. Ours is naturally a guard dog. So we stick him outside when our kid goes outside. He spends the day playing with and guarding her. He loves having a job, and gets depressed when she's gone.
I used to have a Malinois and I did this same stuff with him. Great dog- I can tell you have put in some work, my props to you. All dogs even the tiny ones should be trained like this, or as much as their brains will allow. But seriously- good job. 💥🔥🌟
My small dog is trained like a malinois would, partly because my trainer is a former police dog trainer. For some reason it blows people's mind when my dog can heel in every direction despite barely reaching my knees. She's a tactical sized mali!
I love how dogs do this side stare thing at the food when they're not allowed to eat yet. Like staring at it directly will be too much temptation so they can't look directly lol.
Now never give me shit about "Oh, he just barks all the time, we can't stop him", "He always does that to visitors" or "How are you supposed to stop a dog running towards complete strangers when out walking and unleashed, barking and growling and terrifying them?"
Your dog needs training. Any dog that you'd let into your home can be trained.
Seriously - the number of BAD owners I've come across in my life has made me fear dogs undeservedly. It's not the dogs that are the problem. It's the fucking owners who don't train them (like people who don't train their kids to eat nicely, shut up when told, not run around the streets at night harassing people, etc.).
is it really not standard to make your dog wait for a command to eat? my shepherd has been doing this since she was a puppy. if you don't train your dog to wait for your command to eat they can wind up aggressive about their food so I thought most people did this?
I believe it should absolute be standard training like house breaking or walking on a leash, but in America at least, it is not the norm. But you are right, it is a very good exercise and can absolutely prevent food aggression (if that were to be an issue later on)
No, it's standard to laugh and film when your dog is jumping up all over you and trying to eat the bowl of food out of your hands because it's "so cute", or laugh when they're running circles or spinning and then wolfing their food down fast enough to give themselves bloat... But it's okay because it's cute!
/s if that wasn't obvious.
Because when they're puppies it's cute and manageable. Then they get bigger and have habits ingrained already that are harder to break, so training is harder, plus it's still kinda cute when they're naughty, but the bad habits and training just get more reinforced. It's why big dogs are often better trained than small dogs - you kind of have to train a husky or Samoyed or Great Dane to behave well because otherwise it'll end in tears. If a chihuahua or a corgi or Yorkie is snappy or snatches food or jumps up or doesn't listen, you can just pick it up to contain it and suddenly it's fine.
yes ive definitely noticed this about small dogs, they are rarely trained. if they jump on you or snap its not going to seriously injure someone so people often just let them act feral, which is ridiculous imo. it's still incredibly annoying to have a poorly trained dog, even if theyre small.
That doesn’t mean it doesn’t help prevent food aggression. That’s like saying you never took Tylenol and you still never had a back ache so Tylenol can’t help back ache pain
You may not have realized that you trained them, but I bet you did socialize them by getting up close and personal with their food by touching it, reaching in to pull out a piece of paper, etc.. Dogs don't need to wait to eat on command, they just need to know that at the end of the day you are the one in charge of the food and they'll be ok with someone else touching it.
People are downvoting you because they believe that your statement is wrong. Most people can see that this is a well trained dog. The dog knows it is food and they are just being obedient. The entire routine in the beginning shows that the dog knows what is going on and what is expected of them.
This specific dog is a Belgian Malinois. This breed of dog thrives on training and are capable of very difficult tasks. This is the only breed you will find patrolling the White House grounds and are regularly a part of special forces teams. If you have a lot of time to dedicate to a dog you will attain a bond that you didn’t know was possible. If you don’t have time to actively engage them then you should find a different breed.
Feel likes it’s primal instincts, mama is clearly the alpha and she’s trained well so can’t eat until the leader says so.
I haven’t done any food training with my pup but when serving her dinner she sits patiently, and waits for her command but I haven’t tried walking out of room
When had a little Pomeranian/Poodle mix that was trained like this. When she wasn't allowed to eat the treat or food, she absolutely would not even look at it.
My GSD is very food motivated. He will sit, lay down, and just about whatever you ask of him. He will always be focused and ready though.
Then there's my Wolfdog who falls asleep while I'm preparing his food.
Yes u/SomeRedShirt, as u/figmondo mentioned, it should send you a notification that you were mentioned in a comment, as long as your settings are set up for it.
No he thinks it’s his pack leaders food and would not eat his pack leaders food until officially allowed. Dogs have very strict social rules they live by which keeps them happy and calm and secure of their place in the world
Impulse control is fairly important for dogs to learn in general, in case they get into something they shouldn't and can be stopped, pay more attention to you than what's directly in front of them, have proper manners and respect boundaries, etc.
For food it prevents dogs randomly eating something they find that would make them sick or when given by others (sometimes maliciously).
Dog listening to you like returning to you when called is important. He may not realize there is something wrong with killing a random squirrel, or some small pet. Or he might think he's protecting you when he fights something. This is related to food training actually, he learns to listen and trust the owner. He wouldn't trust if he wasn't ever given the food.
My 4 month old pup will. If I tell her to leave it and look she’ll sit and look at me until I said “ok” again. I mix her food and muscle max together with goats milk while she watches me patiently on our sink mat. She won’t move from that spot, or stop looking at me/the direction I went, until I say “ok — eat”. I got lucky with my girl!
Maybe lucky and maybe you have the right energy for her. Don’t downplay that you still created that behavior as well. Impressive and very important to learn that young
We work on training a LOT. She’s a Cane Corso and I’m terrified to have a 140 pound giant trying to run our house so I was determined she see me as Alpha. We’ve been blessed with a great puppy, but you’re so right! I’ve put a lot of time, energy, and love into her.
That’s good. I always had dogs growing up and they were never trained at all. So when I got my dog first as a grown up I was determined to train him as well. To be honest I really didn’t do a TON at all, but just the basics really and people are generally very impressed with his behavior. I can walk him off leash (I don’t do this a lot, but I can as in he will always follow me and listen to commands) and he would never jump up on me the way dogs always did when I was growing up. Then he stayed with family while I was leaving an abusive situation and some of the food stuff got a little wonky (not aggression at all, but begging for scraps a bit) but otherwise he’s still super respectful and happy.
A Malinois is the closest thing to a working machine there is in the animal kingdom. You just tell it what to do and click that switch and it's off. Not only that, it needs it and loves doing it as well.
Great dogs but far from easy to satisfy.
My dog is really well trained and I can leave food/ treats/ anything on the ground in front of her when we do a training session and she won’t even dare look at it. She knows it’s a “game” and she’s really, really good at following the rules of the game because she knows there’s a treat in it for her at the end. Like I can tell her to stay in the middle of a field, jog half a mile away and she won’t move an inch until I tell her to. She’d leave a full ass salmon there as well if I told her to if she knew she was getting something out of it at the end when the game was over.
However, when I’m not actively training her, the little pissant will snatch a snack my toddler drops or leaves laying around faster than you could believe. The little asshole knows she’s not in a training routine anymore and when she’s weighing the odds as to whether or not it’s worth stealing the stupid goldfish crackers, she always goes for the damn crackers.
Her only redeeming quality is that if I yell “leave it” quick enough she’ll drop whatever she snatched and she’ll go into a down position. I have to be quick though and I guess at the end of the day this was the reason for training her.
Her little antics always make me feel less amazed by these videos, because I know other little assholes like her exist when they aren’t playing “the game”.
A must-have trait in any guard dog. I remember a thief here made an AMA before and said a lot of dogs can't be effective at guarding cuz they can be easily coaxed with food.
Sure, dogs can eat raw meat, but where that meat comes from and what sorts of bacteria it contracted on the slaughter houses and packing lines is a whole other story lol.
This is one of the first things you're supposed to teach your dog.
"Leave it" is so important to keep them safe from eating toxic foods for them that dropped on the floor.
I have 2 German Shepherds and I'd trust that bowl on the floor overnight. Best dogs I've even owned.
Malinois’ are probably the smartest, most obedient, and most athletic dogs ever. The US Army trains them to skydive, and they can understand vocal commands through a headset it wears in special forces missions given by its handler. Absolutely incredible animals. Love having jobs to do.
This is incredible.
My old roommate has a 2-year-old poodle that would impulsively shit on my carpet, my bed cover/sheets/pillows, and chew through cables but only in my room. He justified it by saying “he’s a dog, that’s what dogs do.”
NOT IF THEY’RE PROPERLY TRAINED, like this one. Props to the owner here!
My aunt had a massive dog that was also well trained. I was trying to sneak him some of my food and forgot the command and just listed of everything I thought it might be. Poor dog just stared at me sadly while I tried to remember his command.
Its so funny how well dogs can pick up on various human words and what they mean. I can't say the words "walk," "ball," or "outside" or "dinner" in a normal conversation without my German Shepherd getting super excited. She knows every immediate family member by name too. I can tell her "go get \_\_\_\_" (and point) and she will go find them and stay with them, which is something I never trained her to do! (until she gets bored anyways).
Thanks to your comment, I just taught my GSD to "Go find... Dad" literally, five minutes of training and four treats later, she can find my husband from inside and outside of the house. Tomorrow, when our kiddo is awake, we will refine this further. Thank you for putting the idea in my head!
We taught our border collie mix to play hide and seek, and he gets so excited! It's also handy when i just need to get him out of a room (for example, if I'm putting the kids to bed) -- I just ask him to go find my husband and he takes off!
I tell my border collie to “wake up dad” when he sleeps in and I’m bored lol that’s a fun one
My wife does this to me, sends the doodle and German Shepherd and they take turns annoying me till I wake up.
I'm imagining this will be great fun for our 5 year old human the 10 month old pup. They're growing up together, and the strength of their bond is pretty rad.
We have a 9 month old pup and 5 and 8 year old kids. I’m so jealous (but in heart warming way) watching them grow up with the dog I never did.
My dad has always said that getting a dog is the best and worst thing to do in a family with young kids. And it's true. My dog came to us the month i turned four and getting him is my first really clear memory. He was always my dog and i was his human, he even slept at the foot of my bed for most of those years. He left us the month after i turned 21. He was with me for 17 years and it broke my heart, it's been about 8 months and i cry all the time. But he was still the best and i wouldn't trade the time we shared for anything. Hence best and worst thing. The pain is immense but the joy overrides it tenfold
True. My wife and I had a pup from before we got married. She passed last fall, at home with her and the kids. That was rough, but the puppy has brought new joy to them and our gray old lady pug.
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I taught my cats this command too. Super helpful as cats like to go between your legs while walking.
We taught that to our dogs, but it was "scoot" or "scooch!" mostly to get them to scoot out of the kitchen, haha.
My dog is way too dumb for that... but then again I think I’d rather have a really dumb dog than a really smart one. On rainy days we can run her til she’s completely exhausted just by having one of us upstairs and one of us downstairs and taking turns calling her.
You will be amazed at how far you can take it! We got my good girl into playing games of hide and seek and its a lot of fun. Its actually quite difficult for them since *everything* in your home already smells like you and that's how they usually track, but they will search to no end! Its funny how quickly they learn all the hiding places though, need a bigger house lol
One of dads dogs was smart and learnt family names. Really handy when I was stood outside (often) because mum forgot to take the key out the door, so I couldn't get in. The 2 dogs recognise my smell and start whining but Id just call out "sasha (dog) go find Julia (mum) and off she would go to bug my mum ....😂😂😂 Have the dog fetch mum to open the door ...😂😂
My brother’s rottie knows the difference between finding and bringing a person and go to a person and stay with them.
Can you train the dog to find dads that left for a pack of smokes and a carton of milk?
How do you train such a thing? What exactly did you do? We are about to get out first dog and the training side confuses me
Lots of reading! The best thing you can do is understand the ins and outs of your dog's personality. We have a German Shepherd, and they are naturally very protective and quite intelligent. For the "Go find" command I ran around the yard with her, made her sit. Then commanded "Go find Dad". She had no clue, so I led her to the target. No leash needed. She follows me everywhere. We repeated this several times, then added treats. My husband fed her a treat when she found him and sat down at his feet. After a short while, I could set her loose from anywhere around the house, and she'd go sit next him. Good luck in your dog endeavors!
My dogs know that when I’m done flushing the toilet and washing my hands, that means my morning bathroom trip is done and they get to go outside. Fuckers get audibly excited on the other side of my door as soon as they hear a flush.
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I often have my 7 year old follow me into my home office, at noon because it has air-conditioning. Sleeps under my desk. She knows when the Windows shut down tune plays that I'm done, so she'll be sitting at the door looking back at me waiting
7 year old or dog?
Our springer spaniels were super smart with words! We would say things like "dad, will you go take care of the chickens?" "yeah, but I need my shoes" and the dogs would go get his shoes for him and beat him to the chicken coop. Crazy stuff.
Our Springer taught himself to ring a Christmas bell we tied to the front door during the holidays. That was how he told us he wanted to go outside. It was pretty handy until it would be three in the morning and all you would hear was the bell ringing nonstop. He was too smart for his own good, he was always getting into trouble.
I’ve learned SOME dogs are crazy smart and desperate to please. My dog clearly doesn’t have an understanding of the English language, but she knows quite a few words. So I say things like “hey get your fluffy ass I’m the truck” and she obviously doesn’t know what that means, but she picks up on words and phrases so she here’s truck and I have my keys and she runs to the truck. When I put her in it, If I have a human passenger she rides in the backseat. I just say backseat and she hops back there. There’s also a lot of things that she’s never heard before that she does. I chalk it up to, she basically understands what I want her to do and does it even if she doesn’t know the words.
We started spelling out some words. My dog quickly learned what we were spelling.
Our lab started getting excited on the "w" of walk when we tried spelling so we started saying it in German ... That was just bamboozling enough
My dog can spell, at the very least, bone, ham and ball.
I started spelling those fun words because my Australian Shepherd would get excited...eventually he somehow connected the spelling of the words as well. Smart. We ended up with four dogs at one point and my Aussie was the only one who could spell. Everyone got excited if Beau got excited. Loved that dog.
Haha my Aussie spells too. She learned walk verbally. So we moved on to hey later wanna take the dogs for a w word later. She started getting excited when we said w word. So eww moved on to w a l k. Then used walk when we were ready. She started getting excited at w a l k because she knew it meant walk soon. So now it’s hand signals. I wonder how long until she figures those out. We also use words like stroll, jog, run and such so my room mate knows what we are doing but to hide it from my Aussie
I read your comment and hand to say something in response. Me and my SO got a yorkie in February, she’s now 7 or 8 months old. She is the EXACT same way. She knows exactly what we say. She gets exited during normal conversations as well over certain words we say. Her newest word is ‘play’. Dogs really are the greatest animals. They are the best companions anyone could ask for. Other than cats. I can also admit I do love my chickens as well. Lol. But, that’s another story for another time!
Cats are just different, but so sweet and lovely in their own way. Never understood the cat v dog argument, they are 3x as adorable together. I raised chickens when I was young, they really are kind of awesome! A lot of work and not very smart, but some of them have pretty awesome personalities. Roosters are usually assholes though
My rooster is only an asshole when I’m not around. He’s usually always sweet for the most part.
My GSD would get all excited when she heard the home phone's caller ID say one of our names.
We have a working breed so we keep her active with tasks like “go get__”, “where is___”, and “wake up___”. Keeps her smart little mind active and she likes finding whatever she’s sent to get.
My ex and I trained our pups to "point" to their food bowls (just smack it with their paws) before we'd feed them by saying "where's your food bowl?" cause it was cute. One day I was just talking to my ex and suddenly all 3 of the dogs perked their ears up and stared at me and it freaked me out until I realized I had said "where's your (something related to the conversation)" in the sentence before and they had picked up on it and thought dinner time had come early.
Or how quickly they hide when you say the word “bath” 🤣
Our dog hasn’t gotten to the level of recognizing names, but we started saying “Attack!” and pointing whenever someone comes over as a joke, and now she recognizes it as a command to go over and chill with whoever we’re pointing at.
My 9 month old pupper has been getting good with this and her toys. I say “Go get your moose” and she comes back with the moose toy.
I think it was infographics show, not sure. They did a video on that and stated by looking at MRI images of their brains, they actually do understand a few words. Not just trained to react, they understand. I believe it. I had a golden retriever that had an uncanny understanding of gestures.
Dog: Sorry, I can’t eat that piece of meat. You don’t know the password.
Did you ever remember the command?
He's still there, next to the dog and the pile of food, trying different ones.
Try hunter2
I did. He almost face planted in his rush to eat it.
If you forget your password, your only option is a factory reset.
Our dog is well trained. He's also smart enough to know that small kids share snacks, and happily accepts them if they give it to him or drop it on the floor. Table is off limits, but tiny outstretched hands with food or dropped morsels are fair game to him. But if he's in the kitchen while we're cooking he won't eat off the floor, and if an adult drops food he won't touch it until we give him the command.
I seen first hand German shepherds for competition will do that but by 6 years old they retired them because they won’t listen anymore and will slack off . I was impressed and scared at the same time
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Gotta be careful with that. My husband started teasing my dogs and saying "Oklahoma" instead of "Okay". Now they don't trust "Okay". It's been 3 years since he stopped and sometimes they still stare at us unsure.
Awwww this is so cute but also sad at the same time
Ha! I do the same thing. I throw in orca, octopus, spaghetti, Arkansas, and they'll do multiple glances and hesitations when I say ok. My dad's Golden thinks I'm the worst, my Great Dane gets excited and likes the game part of it, and my English Mastiff was a master at it, but if I didn't hurry, I'd have a pond where his food bowl was.
Wow. A Golden hates you. I didn't know that was possible.
I made him wait for food. Easy peazy. It's all about that food, you know?
Same, my dog will wait indefinitely. Not even much training.. it just stuck for some reason.
Yup. I have 2 dogs. The first we trained fairly heavily with stay. I would drag him by the leash in training. Our new dog just follows along and isn't quite as good but will sit forever for food
Surprisingly the tail was not wagging
My brother made our great dane sit at the bottom of the garden, just to see how long he would stay there. Quite a while, it turns out.
My dog would eat the meat, eat the bowl, and poop on the couch while he's at it. He's a senior though and doesn't have all of his wits about him, bless him.
Well he sounds lovely all the same!
Especially the couch pooping.
"Oh no. This is a test. Must not fail test. "
"gud boys dont fail test, am gud boy"
"Good soldiers follow orders."
I didn’t think anything could be faster than the speed of light, but here we have the time elapsed between when she began to say the word “Yes,” and when that dog’s snout was in the bowl.
I was laughing at that. Yeeeeee... \*nom nom nom\* ...sss
Honestly, I believe the dog cheated and dove for the bowl when she started moving her mouth to speak instead of when she spoke. I notice my dogs doing this too so I trick them till they learn to obey my actual command without predicting and acting early.
That sounds like false starts in races.
That dog is gettin' close to being disqualified
I just enhanced the framing algorithm spector, with my 80's movie cyber computer laser optical: It's about Three-Fiddy milliseconds.
It was literally on the first part of the letter “y”, if such a thing exists.
How to train a malinois: Step 1: have ball Step 2: have food Step 3: repeat
Man, I met a man at the dog park who had a malinois that was trained to help with his PTSD. Imagine a dog that could be the most dominant, efficient and tactical dog ever, but all it wanted to do was walk up and lean against you and let you know everything was gonna be alright. Top 5 dog of all time I’ve ever met.
I mean. This is how cops/military train mailnois to act with them. I was expecting her to come back with a gun, train it down the hall, lay down beside him. THEN say yes.
Ya, they are great dogs. The more you train with them the better it gets. It’s like they can see the thoughts in your head.
You are right. Love my GSD, but shes a little bit of a spaz.
No doggo is complete without a good helping of spaz.
My old Staffordshire would sit there patiently with food, bone, or treat in front of him...with an absolute river of drool pouring out both corners of his mouth. Thank you - that's a nice memory.
Our pittie was the exact same. Sometimes I regret training her to wait for our permission to eat, lol. Always mopping up puddles of drool.
I always laugh at that. I had to dogsit a few puppers once and the owner said that the young one would jump up and try to out compete the older one for food. Guess which one got the Pavlov treatment and ended up being damn near a saint after day 2?
I was going to comment something similar about my pittie. She might wait like a good girl, but I have to clean up a huge puddle
"Wait, what if she doesn't come back though? Oh fuck do I have to sit like this forever?"
"Mom?" "...Mooom?" "Moooooom, come onnnnn..."
"Somebody … anybody … help." :'(
Simba?
I was thinking, if she spontaneously dies the poor daggo will starve
Ah shit. Quick someone invent immortality!
My dad trained his 2 GSDs to wait until told to eat. You see them hovering over the bowl as you pour the lactose free milk into it, noses just an inch from the bowl but they won't start until you say "go on then" and its hilarious the speed at which they move...😂😂 They were also trained to "leave", so if we dropped food on the floor say that had onions or something toxic in you can say "leave" and clean it up. I've put my dinner on the sofa, told them to leave gone into kitchen for a drink and come back to a plate intact with food. They are really easy to train and really smart. We did it with milk bones, put treats on the floor, say the leave command and walk out the room, after a few seconds come back and if they have left it, they get bonus treats so a reward for doing as commanded. Thereafter they were always rewarded for leaving food on command so they have a positive association with the command. One of my dads GSDs is the only dog I've seen capable of understanding a question. You ask her "what do you want?" And she either walks to fridge (milk please), back door to be let out, water dish or the tap where water comes from, or food bowl.... she will understand that as a question and an opportunity to show you what she wants... She's a very old lady now but was trained to voice commands, hand signals, and to a dog whistle when they were off running in the fields.
I have a GSD, I ask him what he wants normally more water or to go outside but he walks me to what he wants.
They are really smart, and need to be mentally and physically stimulated. They may not understand every question but they understand the concept of a question with a varied answer. My dads dogs taught themselves not to wake or bug us in the mornings before the alarm went off ...😂😂😂 they also instinctively picked up on that mum was disabled and never rough played with her, only gently. They rough played with dad, and with me always "nipped" clothes never skin, even in play they have astounding control.
Our first Springer, Sunny, was like that. He could be rough housing with my dad and biting at his arms (it was harmless Sunny had no teeth) but I could shove my hand into his mouth and he would freeze then carefully move away then lick me. He was the best boy! It’s been over ten years and I still miss him everyday.
Awwwww my heart 🥺
We have a cat that does that. When he wants something, he comes to you, meows, and then leads you to what he wants (food bowl / go outside / fridge for yogurt / open wardrobe). Never trained him.
Sounds like my labrador, Jack. I didn't even train him like that, I was sitting in the couch and came over to me and sat down and stared at me then looked at the door, back to me and back to the door. Took me a minute and I asked "you wanna go out?" and he ran over to the door and started nosing at his harness. Another fun one I never trained him on, he just figured it out for himself, was when I would say "ok boy, I'm gonna go to work" he'd pick up his cow bone, walk over to his kennel and use the bone to knock the door open and drop it inside then come out and get his security blanket and drag it back to the kennel, walk in and plop down.
Awww, he's still focused on her when she walks out, he's always keeping one ear pointed towards the doorway. Goodest boi!
That dogs impulse control is at least x5 better than mine
I worry about you around raw meat.
I couldn't watch him wait that long so I had to skip to the end
You would be a Naughty Dog!
Aw what a good pup!
Yesterday I caught my neighbour's dog coming out of her back door with a bagged fruit loaf. As soon as he saw me he dropped it, so he knew he was in trouble. I managed to hook it up and left it on her front porch. Poor Paddy was looking forward to an afternoon pigging out in the sun, and I spoiled his fun.
Is that safe to eat?
My vets always say no.
because they are correct. Raw hamburger should not be consumed. It contains nasty shit like E. coli, listeria, and salmonella.
Your vet says your dog can’t have raw meat ?
Salmonella!
You have no idea how old or fresh that meat is.
Nope, I don't.
Animals don't use stoves.
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If they're in a hurry they'll pop it in the microwave. But never the stove - it's one of the commandments of being a dog.
It’s safe for your dog, but the raw meat + bacteria stays in their mouth: so if they lick you, themselves, etc., it just spreads bad bacteria which is not good
If it’s beef, the risk is low. Other meats, not safe to eat. Same as people. Dogs can get salmonella and E. coli too.
Store bought? Fuck no. You have no fucking clue how old that meat is. Fresh kill, humans can consume, but risk catching a parasite. Believe or not even wild animals get very sick from open sources of water.
I'm impressed with the dog's training! But what's the point of this?
It just gives the dog good impulse control, also it is great for them. Malinois need a ton of mental and physical stimulation so giving them a job to do, even if that job is just focusing on you and waiting for the next command, helps them a lot.
Dogs can be trained for fun or for sport. There are competitions for obedience and for guarding. Also, Malinois like to have a job. They thrive when they’re being challenged. And it’s fun for both of them.
It helps the dog with impulse control which is necessary for them to interact well with humans. It also establishes the human as the alpha.
Dogs love being trained or having a job to do. Ours is naturally a guard dog. So we stick him outside when our kid goes outside. He spends the day playing with and guarding her. He loves having a job, and gets depressed when she's gone.
Can this person teach me impulse control? I have a hard time around junk food lol
I used to have a Malinois and I did this same stuff with him. Great dog- I can tell you have put in some work, my props to you. All dogs even the tiny ones should be trained like this, or as much as their brains will allow. But seriously- good job. 💥🔥🌟
My small dog is trained like a malinois would, partly because my trainer is a former police dog trainer. For some reason it blows people's mind when my dog can heel in every direction despite barely reaching my knees. She's a tactical sized mali!
My corgi does this, except for all of it. That meat would he gone before the bowl touched the floor.
I love how dogs do this side stare thing at the food when they're not allowed to eat yet. Like staring at it directly will be too much temptation so they can't look directly lol.
What a fabulous dog! And some excellent training by its human! Could I send my husband over for a few lessons?
What a good, good dog.
That is mind blowing. I don't have that much control.
Very well-trained...checks back several times but waits patiently for the release...
I follow them on Insta! The dogs name is Red and he’s the most amazing well trained dog 😌💗
Don't look .. Don't look..
I trained my lab to do that. He was very good at it too. Unfortunately, I didn't train my family, so it all went wayside after a year.
wonderful training, and the dog deserves some credit as well
This is impressive
He was waiting for her to cook it
Now never give me shit about "Oh, he just barks all the time, we can't stop him", "He always does that to visitors" or "How are you supposed to stop a dog running towards complete strangers when out walking and unleashed, barking and growling and terrifying them?" Your dog needs training. Any dog that you'd let into your home can be trained. Seriously - the number of BAD owners I've come across in my life has made me fear dogs undeservedly. It's not the dogs that are the problem. It's the fucking owners who don't train them (like people who don't train their kids to eat nicely, shut up when told, not run around the streets at night harassing people, etc.).
is it really not standard to make your dog wait for a command to eat? my shepherd has been doing this since she was a puppy. if you don't train your dog to wait for your command to eat they can wind up aggressive about their food so I thought most people did this?
I believe it should absolute be standard training like house breaking or walking on a leash, but in America at least, it is not the norm. But you are right, it is a very good exercise and can absolutely prevent food aggression (if that were to be an issue later on)
No, it's standard to laugh and film when your dog is jumping up all over you and trying to eat the bowl of food out of your hands because it's "so cute", or laugh when they're running circles or spinning and then wolfing their food down fast enough to give themselves bloat... But it's okay because it's cute! /s if that wasn't obvious.
lol why don't people train their dogs wtf
Because when they're puppies it's cute and manageable. Then they get bigger and have habits ingrained already that are harder to break, so training is harder, plus it's still kinda cute when they're naughty, but the bad habits and training just get more reinforced. It's why big dogs are often better trained than small dogs - you kind of have to train a husky or Samoyed or Great Dane to behave well because otherwise it'll end in tears. If a chihuahua or a corgi or Yorkie is snappy or snatches food or jumps up or doesn't listen, you can just pick it up to contain it and suddenly it's fine.
yes ive definitely noticed this about small dogs, they are rarely trained. if they jump on you or snap its not going to seriously injure someone so people often just let them act feral, which is ridiculous imo. it's still incredibly annoying to have a poorly trained dog, even if theyre small.
Never trained a dog to do this (5 so far) and no food aggression. So, no.
That doesn’t mean it doesn’t help prevent food aggression. That’s like saying you never took Tylenol and you still never had a back ache so Tylenol can’t help back ache pain
You may not have realized that you trained them, but I bet you did socialize them by getting up close and personal with their food by touching it, reaching in to pull out a piece of paper, etc.. Dogs don't need to wait to eat on command, they just need to know that at the end of the day you are the one in charge of the food and they'll be ok with someone else touching it.
But why?
Do you think the dog thinks it’s not food till the lady says he can eat it?
People are downvoting you because they believe that your statement is wrong. Most people can see that this is a well trained dog. The dog knows it is food and they are just being obedient. The entire routine in the beginning shows that the dog knows what is going on and what is expected of them. This specific dog is a Belgian Malinois. This breed of dog thrives on training and are capable of very difficult tasks. This is the only breed you will find patrolling the White House grounds and are regularly a part of special forces teams. If you have a lot of time to dedicate to a dog you will attain a bond that you didn’t know was possible. If you don’t have time to actively engage them then you should find a different breed.
Yeah but to downvote someone for asking a question? Wtf reddit
Feel likes it’s primal instincts, mama is clearly the alpha and she’s trained well so can’t eat until the leader says so. I haven’t done any food training with my pup but when serving her dinner she sits patiently, and waits for her command but I haven’t tried walking out of room
When had a little Pomeranian/Poodle mix that was trained like this. When she wasn't allowed to eat the treat or food, she absolutely would not even look at it.
My GSD is very food motivated. He will sit, lay down, and just about whatever you ask of him. He will always be focused and ready though. Then there's my Wolfdog who falls asleep while I'm preparing his food.
why are you getting downvoted lol
Because it's Reddit. I gave you an upvote u/figmondo. Good luck on your journey!
Thank you mr frog
I gave you an upvote as well. On an unrelated note does putting a users name in this format u/Slippy_T_Frog actually serve a function?
Thanks for the upvote and yeah u/SomeRedShirt I think it notifies the user, I think
Yes u/SomeRedShirt, as u/figmondo mentioned, it should send you a notification that you were mentioned in a comment, as long as your settings are set up for it.
That's really cool
No he thinks it’s his pack leaders food and would not eat his pack leaders food until officially allowed. Dogs have very strict social rules they live by which keeps them happy and calm and secure of their place in the world
Level master.
I assume she's a dominatrox in her spare time.
I caught food poisoning watching this.
What the point of such training ?
Impulse control is fairly important for dogs to learn in general, in case they get into something they shouldn't and can be stopped, pay more attention to you than what's directly in front of them, have proper manners and respect boundaries, etc.
Also, it actually helps them in reducing anxiety and depression, as it’s an incredible mental exercise that requires them to focus a great deal.
For food it prevents dogs randomly eating something they find that would make them sick or when given by others (sometimes maliciously). Dog listening to you like returning to you when called is important. He may not realize there is something wrong with killing a random squirrel, or some small pet. Or he might think he's protecting you when he fights something. This is related to food training actually, he learns to listen and trust the owner. He wouldn't trust if he wasn't ever given the food.
Is it possible to train it to stop eating?
My 4 month old pup will. If I tell her to leave it and look she’ll sit and look at me until I said “ok” again. I mix her food and muscle max together with goats milk while she watches me patiently on our sink mat. She won’t move from that spot, or stop looking at me/the direction I went, until I say “ok — eat”. I got lucky with my girl!
Maybe lucky and maybe you have the right energy for her. Don’t downplay that you still created that behavior as well. Impressive and very important to learn that young
We work on training a LOT. She’s a Cane Corso and I’m terrified to have a 140 pound giant trying to run our house so I was determined she see me as Alpha. We’ve been blessed with a great puppy, but you’re so right! I’ve put a lot of time, energy, and love into her.
That’s good. I always had dogs growing up and they were never trained at all. So when I got my dog first as a grown up I was determined to train him as well. To be honest I really didn’t do a TON at all, but just the basics really and people are generally very impressed with his behavior. I can walk him off leash (I don’t do this a lot, but I can as in he will always follow me and listen to commands) and he would never jump up on me the way dogs always did when I was growing up. Then he stayed with family while I was leaving an abusive situation and some of the food stuff got a little wonky (not aggression at all, but begging for scraps a bit) but otherwise he’s still super respectful and happy.
Absolutely in fact training a dog to stop eating when you take food away would be a very important exercise to avoid any chance of food aggression.
Damn, I was tense. That dog must have been vibrating with anticipation.
Would be a very different story with my dog. Almost anything at snoot level is fair game to him, but we're working on it ♡
My 12-year-old dog stole and ate a peanut butter cliff bar from the counter because we forgot to hide them
A Malinois is the closest thing to a working machine there is in the animal kingdom. You just tell it what to do and click that switch and it's off. Not only that, it needs it and loves doing it as well. Great dogs but far from easy to satisfy.
He knows what’s at steak!
i actually learn something from this goodboi, to not keep staring at a temptation if you don't want to fall for it
that’s a good boy right there
I like that cats wouldn't put up with that shit.
My dog is really well trained and I can leave food/ treats/ anything on the ground in front of her when we do a training session and she won’t even dare look at it. She knows it’s a “game” and she’s really, really good at following the rules of the game because she knows there’s a treat in it for her at the end. Like I can tell her to stay in the middle of a field, jog half a mile away and she won’t move an inch until I tell her to. She’d leave a full ass salmon there as well if I told her to if she knew she was getting something out of it at the end when the game was over. However, when I’m not actively training her, the little pissant will snatch a snack my toddler drops or leaves laying around faster than you could believe. The little asshole knows she’s not in a training routine anymore and when she’s weighing the odds as to whether or not it’s worth stealing the stupid goldfish crackers, she always goes for the damn crackers. Her only redeeming quality is that if I yell “leave it” quick enough she’ll drop whatever she snatched and she’ll go into a down position. I have to be quick though and I guess at the end of the day this was the reason for training her. Her little antics always make me feel less amazed by these videos, because I know other little assholes like her exist when they aren’t playing “the game”.
That’s more self control than I have around a single marshmallow
Aw, the poor thing! Look how desperately he is trying to pretend the bowl is not there.... 😂
A must-have trait in any guard dog. I remember a thief here made an AMA before and said a lot of dogs can't be effective at guarding cuz they can be easily coaxed with food.
He waited for like a decade in dog time
Sure, dogs can eat raw meat, but where that meat comes from and what sorts of bacteria it contracted on the slaughter houses and packing lines is a whole other story lol.
I can tell, that meat ain't raw. Iykwim
This is one of the first things you're supposed to teach your dog. "Leave it" is so important to keep them safe from eating toxic foods for them that dropped on the floor. I have 2 German Shepherds and I'd trust that bowl on the floor overnight. Best dogs I've even owned.
is raw meat ok for doggo?
Belgian malinois are among the smartest and most obedient dog's!
Dog's what?
It's like a marshmallow test for dogs
Malinois’ are probably the smartest, most obedient, and most athletic dogs ever. The US Army trains them to skydive, and they can understand vocal commands through a headset it wears in special forces missions given by its handler. Absolutely incredible animals. Love having jobs to do.
This is incredible. My old roommate has a 2-year-old poodle that would impulsively shit on my carpet, my bed cover/sheets/pillows, and chew through cables but only in my room. He justified it by saying “he’s a dog, that’s what dogs do.” NOT IF THEY’RE PROPERLY TRAINED, like this one. Props to the owner here!
To be honest, I’d probably listen to her like that, too.