He Blows Bubbles!

[k9krazee]

A video of Jack doing his latest trick. Blowing bubbles in water.
(You can turn the sound off >.< )

[lvpets2002]

This is just too funny.. Jack learns fast = Heck you did not even have to tell him to do it the last two times..

[Seravieve]

LOL that's hilarious! He is indeed a very smart dog!

[Husky_mom]

Jack never ceases to amaze me...he is one super smarty pooch... have you tried him to be the spokesdog of a shelter?...

[mr.chiwawa]

What a smart and funny boy

[happylabs]

LOL!!!! That is just the coolest trick I have seen. How did you teach him that? Love it!

[anna_66]

What a great trick!

[k9krazee]

Thanks you guys. I love this dog, and he'll do anything I ask of him.

Happy, I taught Jack this, and my MOST stubborn little Jack Russell girl, Mini using different methods.

1) Shaping. Shaping is good for a dog that knows HOW to learn. Dogs that offer behaviors and understand if you reward something, they should continue and expand what they did to get the reward.
So I set the bowl up in front of Jack, empty. As soon as he stuck his head in the bowl I click/treat. Did that a couple times. I put water in the bowl and as soon as he put his head in the bowl I clicked/treat. Then I waited for him to actually stick his nose in the water before I click/treat again. Then I only click/treated when he left his nose in the water and blowing out. I didn't say anything the whole time. The whole process took less than 2 minutes.

2) Mini's way. For dogs who don't offer behaviors.
I put the filled bowl in front of her, dropped in a piece of ham that sunk and encouraged her to get it. As SOON as her face went in the water I click/treated, so she pulled her head right up leaving the piece on the bottom. Did this many times. Every time I encouraged her to get the treat, I'd say 'Blow Bubbles', so when I removed the treat from the bottom, I still pointed and said blow bubbles. As soon as her head dipped in the water with no treat she got a jackpot. She understood after that.

[beeniesmom]

Wow, that's amazing!

[happylabs]

That is cool. I never used the clicker. Maybe with my next dog. Casey is almost 13. She can sit, lay, bark, whisper, "bang" and she hits the floor, crawl and some other things I can't think of right now which we taught her with treats. Labs are just so awesome, aren't they?

[MonicanHonda]

Aww, I'm going to try to teach Remdog that. Lol She already knows twirl sit, shake, down, and over. I'm trying to think of other tricks to teach her. BTW, I love Jack! He was so good at the dog park. He knows a bunch of awesome tricks.

[4 Dog Mother]

Ashley, Jack is very, very smart but you are very, very patient. It takes both to teach a dog as many tricks as Jack knows. You also seem to be able to see how encouraging a behavior can turn into a trick if you add this or that to what they were doing. You are both amazing! If you and Jack ever need adopting, let me know!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Hey Jack ~

Ask Mom to get you a SCUBA Tank and a Face Mask -
then you can really blow some BIG-Tyme Bubbles.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

OMG how funny is that!
Rita blows bubbles when she drools..... lol

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

hahahaha, that is so cool. What a smart boy.

Duke used to do that years ago when my son was little in the kiddie pool but not any more, he doesn't like the "big people" pool LOL.