bug used to be able to do a cute trick... i would say "time to beat the dog" and she would jump up on the sofa and roll over showing her belly.... her reward of course was a belly rub! i don't do that one around many people (especially strangers) for obvious reasons.... people think i'd really hit the dog! Me?! I cry over lassie re-runs!! her performance trick is "what do good girls do for treats?" i have never seen her plant her butt so hard onto the ground as when you start saying that... by the end of the sentence she is licking her lips.
maybe its time to teach her some new ones