Wow...3.25kg is rather heavy for a 4 month old pup. LOL! Ramses is too 'prosperous' already...

Yeah, puppies are easier to train coz they don't really have that many 'bad habits' that older dogs develop... But puppies also have shorter attention span, and we would need to keep repeating the tricks coz they forget quite easily too.

wow...boy boy really a durian lover...

Anyone hear before this online pet's bakery? Is it save to order cakes from them? I think i ever saw this in lowyat forum but i cant find it again. http://www.blinkpetsbakery.blogspot.com/

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Added on April 6, 2009, 5:19 pm

yea, like me as well. 

Haha...I try. My house almost always have pets at home, so we all learn from taking care of them, and learning from other experienced pet owners as well as reading
Training takes quite a bit of time and patience,especially if we have not taught our dogs at first. If you want to start with sit, take a piece of treat or some kibble before you feed Augus and hold it in front of him. Let him see the food, but don't feed him just yet. Slowly, raise the food above his head and towards his back a little, saying 'Sit' (he should follow the food by looking up). He will eventually sit to look up at the food. The moment his butt touches the ground, praise him loads and give him the treat... Try this a few times every day, and he should get it in time Once he knows the command, you can slowly phase out holding the food and just telling him 'Sit' to get the reward. Later on, you can even phase out the treats to just lots of praise, but of course, don't move too fast too soon. Baby steps is the key

I have actually bought a book called 101 Dog Tricks, which has step-by-step activities and photos...very cool! Tried a few tricks with Scottie, and he now knows some of them! You can see the website here: http://www.101dogtricks.com/pages/index.html

There are also quite a few websites on the Internet that you can look up for teaching basic commands, like sit, down, etc. Tricks need a bit more searching I guess...Google is your best friend I like to Google whatever I can for information that I want to know Hope that helps!

wow.. a book with dvd some more.. so geng.. needa learn a lot 1st..
augus will sit once got food on my hand. em.. i tot can ask them sit without anything to feed him cz i saw my fren's dog, it's shih tzu.
wow.. tat dog really bravo.. know alot tricks & listen to owner command without any food or treats on hand.

really thx a lot.. will look thru..  

hey hey! i just got myself a JVC camcorder and here's the star of my show - KIMI doing party tricks for you!!! pai seh but do check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOlUe4fju4

Haha...you CAN actually train Ramses to 'speak'. Scottie knows how to 'Say Please' if he wants something from me...

Lie Down is also relatively easy...from the 'Sit' position, use your treats to lure him down, saying 'Down' at the same time. If he stands up (but head looking down to seek the treat), keep the treat covered with your hand until he goes down. When he does, reward him with lots of praise and the treat.

If he still couldn't get the position after a few tries of that, you can gently move his front legs to the 'Down' position from the 'Sit' position. Repeat that a few times, and later try the treat lure thing to see if he can grasp it. Scottie got the trick within about 10 - 15 mins if I'm not mistaken.

red-queen, did mrs. lim told you ramses mum like durian a lot? I bet your ramses like durian also cause boy boy will be really crazy once he smell durian. Haha..

WOW Kimi is good at doing tricks...hhahahaha hopefully kenji will be obedient enuff to listen to me when i train him 

I like the part when kimi do Bang bang. Good Job.

thank you thank you... yes she is very good at tricks... but sometimes clumsy.. funny stuff.. of course Kenji can learn.. he's top dog

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Added on April 6, 2009, 10:44 pm

haha... she does it well ya... took about 30 mins to teach her but after that quite funny.. she "dies" very slowly.. LOL