Category: Understanding “one ball,” “two balls”

24Nov13 Triple training delight

24Nov13 Triple training delight

December 4, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

In this video, I wanted to get a combination of Shayna’s top three skills: (1) Retrieving toys by name, (2) Stacking her ring toys, by name, on a pole, and (3) Retrieving one tennis ball or two, depending on the command (“counting”). I was able to get it all in just four minutes. Enjoy!   […]

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Shayna retreiving <em>“One ball, two balls”</em>

Shayna retreiving “One ball, two balls”

November 3, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

2011: A video showing how well Shayna has learned to retrieve one tennis ball or two, depending on the command.

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July 15, 2008: Shayna learning to ‘count’: <i>“One ball, two balls…”</i>

July 15, 2008: Shayna learning to ‘count’: “One ball, two balls…”

August 25, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

This is a skill we’ve been working on for some time – learning to essentially “count.” Shayna loves to go retrieve two tennis balls in her mouth at the same time. But from what I’ve read, teaching a dog the concept of “one” and “two” is a fairly big deal – as I found out, […]

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