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Farm Fresh BlogFriday, September 03 2010
As I confessed earlier this week in Lazy? , I am a Lazy Person, who is more than willing to train a Border Collie to be my most willing and able servant. This is a great deal of fun for both me and Border Collie. Since she recently got a bit overexuberant and pulled one of the gates off its hinges (while she was repeatedly slamming it shut during a photoshoot to demonstrate what a wonderful help a dog is to Lazy People!), I decided to indulge Other Half in his desire to finally have a dog who would "Get him a beer!" Lily loves training of any sort. She trains me as much as I train her. It's really more of a jam session than a dog training session, as anything with Lily always involves the free exchange of ideas on both sides. So last night at 1 AM, we demonstrated to Other Half our progress in the "Get me a beer" trick. (then I told him that we broke the gate!) "WHAT?!!!" This past week we have been learning the skill of opening the refrigerator, (very easy) and a separate skill of picking up a cold drink in a coozie (very hard). This is what happens when you give a cold Dr Pepper to a 1 1/2 year old Border Collie:
I decided to table this part of the trick until we'd purchased a sturdier coozie. BUT . . . there was still another step we could work on - Reach in the refrigerator and grab a desired object! For this task I employed the skills of Lily's best friend, Chuck! (Chuck lays around and smiles.)
So last night while Other Half took pictures for you, Lily and I demonstrated her progress: "Lily, open the fridge, and get Chuck!"
Because Lily is a Border Collie with OCD, this trick can be done at least 50 times in a row, or until she rips the refrigerator door off the hinges, whichever comes first.
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