The Best Dog Tricks on the Planet: 106 Amazing Things Your Dog Can Do on Command

by Babette Haggerty, Barbara Call

Overview

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Not only does training your dog new tricks give you something to show-off at parties, but it also keeps your dog engaged and moving, and helps you become closer and more in-tune with your pet. And who better to learn from than the pros? Babette Haggerty has trained Jack Nicklaus' Golden Retriever to bark the number of his major tournament wins on command, Curt Gowdy's Rottweiler to say, "Go Reds" and Jimmy Buffett's Maltese to dance on cue to "Margaritaville".

In The Best Dog Tricks on the Planet, she offers up more than 100 of her best dog tricks, many of them featured by her famous father, Captain Haggerty, on David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks. Tricks include:

- Bring Me the Ringing Phone
- Wipe Your FeetWeave Poles
- Open the Door
- Balance an Egg on Your Nose
- Strum a Guitar

Step-by-step photos, more than 500 of them, pack the pages showing you the tricks to the tricks. In no time your dog will not only bring in the paper, play dead and roll over but also count objects, jump into your arms, crawl like a soldier and take a bow.

Babette was voted "Palm Beach's Favorite Dog Trainer." She has been featured on television and radio, including Animal Planet, Martha Stewart's "Living Radio" and most recently, the E! reality series, Married to Jonas. She has also published several articles in Dogs USA and Dog World magazines. She splits her time between Palm Beach and New York City with her two children as well as French Bulldog named Babe and German Shepherd named Barkley.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624140044
Publisher:	Page Street Publishing
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.92(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Babette is at home in a dog kennel, literally. She was raised in one by her mom, Betty-Ann, and father, the dog-training pioneer, Captain Haggerty, whom the New York Times credited with "establishing dog training as a respectable profession in this country." She runs the Haggerty School for Dogs, splitting her time between Palm Beach and New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction xx

Chapter 1 Building Blocks 9

Sit 10

Stay 11

Come 12

Drop it 13

Down 14

Speak 16

Dead Dog 17

Sit Pretty 18

Walk on Hind Legs 20

Touch It 22

Tug It 23

Find It 24

On Your Back 26

Bump 27

Hup 28

Chapter 2 Fetch, Catch and Find 30

Fetch 31

Can You Answer the Phone? 32

Name That Thingamajig 33

Bring Me My Keys 34

Bring Me a Tissue 36

Bring Me Your Food Dish 38

Get Your Leash 39

Bring Me a Bag of Leaves 40

Open and Catch 42

Catch a Tennis Ball 43

Catch a Frisbee 44

Bring Me the Newspaper 46

Get the Mail 48

Carry the Present 50

Chapter 3 Do Your Thing 51

Head Up and Head Down 52

Go to Your Place 53

Nod Yes 54

Shake Your Head No 55

Cross Your Legs 56

Wipe Your Feet 57

Roll Over 58

Shake Your Body 59

Bark to Go Out 60

Shake Your Paw 62

Wag Your Tail 63

Lift Your Leg 65

Wipe Your Mouth 66

Walk Backwards/Back Up 67

Dig on Command 68

Scratch Yourself 70

Chapter 4 Circus Tricks 71

Walk on Front Legs 72

Upward Dog and Downward Dog 74

Say Your Prayers 76

Walk on Hind Legs Forward and Backward 78

Pirouette 80

Push a Carriage 82

Close Your Eyes 84

Play Ostrich 85

Roll a Barrel 86

Army Crawl 88

Duck and Cover 89

Weave Cones 90

Teeter-totter 92

Jump over Another Dog 94

Crawl under Another Dog 96

Walk Another Dog 98

Shell Game 100

Jump over Me 102

Chapter 5 Help Me Out 103

Ring the Doorbell 104

Sort the Laundry 106

Tuck Another Dog In 108

Bring Me Flowers 109

Go Wake up 110

Turn the Lights on and off 111

Pick up Your Toys 112

Hold the Dustpan 114

Go out of the Room 116

Chapter 6 Sing, Dance & Play Games 117

Sing 118

Do Your Arithmetic 119

Electric Slide 120

Hokey Pokey 122

Play Piano 124

Carry an Egg 126

Bobbing for Apples 128

Chase Your Tail 130

Peekaboo 132

Let's Play Baseball 134

Let's Play Basketball 136

Let's Go Bowling 138

Play Golf 140

Conga Line 142

Sit Pretty on My Back 143

Strum a Guitar 144

Pony Ride 146

Play Horseshoes 148

Push a Skateboard 150

Chapter 7 Show Off 152

Tell Me a Secret 153

Read a Book 154

I Drive a Car 155

Jump through a Hoop 156

Climb a Ladder 158

Jump through a Closed Hoop 160

Fake Limp 161

Refuse Food 162

Scratch My Back 163

Balance and Catch 164

Jump over My Leg 166

Jump through My Arms 168

Go Hide 170

Acknowledgments 171

About the authors 172

Index 173