Food Driven Beast LOL / myLot

Torrington, Connecticut

February 13, 2025 9:17am CST

Its crazy how you can train a dog by simply repeating words or tasks and rewarding them when they perform or follow an order. My Dog in particular is a rescue I adopted two years ago and his name says it all. His name is Taz as the Tasmanian devil since he was a puppy he was very high energy puppy. Two years later and my dog can literally follow over 5-6 demands and task and can communicate when he is hungry or wants to go outside. I personally think its amazing that these fury companions can be smarter than even humans. Do you have a pet that is trained? My dog listens to sit demand, give me paw, lay down, stay and if i ask if he is hungry he will respond with a bark and runs over to his bowl and taps it with his paw lol. Image is my own

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113544)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Feb

That sounds so much like my Roscoe but in his case he is totally food driven. My rascal will do many things IF I have a treat for him but once he's outside he won't come in unless I ask him if he's hungry, that's when he'll run as fast as he can to get indoors. I adopted him from the humane society when he was 13 weeks old, now he's 4 years old.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113544)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Feb

I pray Roscoe doesn't do that cuz I usually break down his cookies before I'll give him a piece ...... Kritters are way smarter than most people give them credit for.

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Baconstripsxxx

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899)

• Torrington, Connecticut

13 Feb

@rebelann I agree

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snowy

@snowy22315 (186971)

• United States

13 Feb

Yes, both cats and dogs are very food motivated. I haven't trained this cat, but I had one that would shake hands.

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Baconstripsxxx

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899)

• Torrington, Connecticut

13 Feb

Thats pretty cool, my dog also talks with his paws

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (63392)

• Centralia, Washington

13 Feb

What breed of dog do you have? I agree. Dogs devour treats. My two dogs are treat maniacs. That really helps when it comes to training. I like to communicate with all of my fur crew- both cats and dogs. Yes to my dogs knowing stuff. Neither know give me paw but they know to shake hands. Both know I demand that they do not get in my way on steps. My Heeler, Rufus, knows to wait for me to either get up or down steps before he moves. He heels well on leash. He backs when told to back. Both are rescue pups. I am allergic to dogs but love to work with them.

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Baconstripsxxx

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899)

• Torrington, Connecticut

13 Feb

Awwww thats sweet, my dog is a Basenji / American Pit Bull Terrier mix. He is 2 years old weighing about 58 LBS

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (63392)

• Centralia, Washington

13 Feb

@BACONSTRIPSXXX Best dog we ever had was a Basenji/Red Heeler mix. Rufus my current Heeler is 38 pounds of muscle.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (349237)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Feb

Those are cute tricks that your dog does. My pet sheep would start heading for his own paddock if he'd been out with us and said 'Time to go home, Herc'. Somehow he had learnt what that meant.