Most dogs have a trick or two their owners find so delightfully entertaining that the dog is encouraged to repeat it for its sheer ability to amuse.
German Shepherd Matilda’s tour de force is a spin and flip at about shoulder height of an average adult.
Hound mix Kevin slaps an exuberant High Five with a paw the size of a dinner plate. “Yo, Kevin, gimme Five! Good dog! Now the other paw!”
Great Dane Sasha gives a Hug. She tucks her butt, rises, back straight, and clasps a human leg, or a small child, in a vise-like grip with her front forelegs. “Where’s my baby Sasha? Hugs and kisses, Sasha bear!”
Here is what Sasha is thinking about this request: “The guy I live with tells me to do Circus Dog all the time. Sometimes I even get a treat for doing it! Let me show off for this visitor. Hey, Lady! Watch this!”
It may come as a minor revelation to Sasha’s owner that not all guests enjoy an embrace by 75 pounds of muscular canine, or that Grandma would rather not have Kevin’s meaty foot raked down her rather shaky legs.
Here’s a REALLY impressive trick for your Circus Dog:
Teach your dog to Sit when guests arrive, or when meeting someone on the street.
For an extra special variation on the admittedly boring command to Sit, replace it with How Do? or Say Hello! or Be Polite as a replacement for the word Sit.
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