Trick List of the World's Smartest Dog
®

 Chanda-Leah
 

       Current as of 03/18/07

 

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Trick Name/Command

Trick Description

1

"Want to do tricks?"

Spins around happily, awaiting next command

2

"Sit"

Sits down

3

"Shake hands"

Gives her paw to Sharon to shake

4

"Smile"

Smiles

5

"Wave like Lassie"

Sits and holds her paw up in a waving position

6

"Sit pretty"

Sits on hind legs, front paws up

7

"Get on your spot"

Sits on her circular spot

8

"Turn around twice on your spot"

Spins around twice while on her spot

9

"Turn around once on your spot"

Spins around once on the spot

10

"Get off your spot"

Leaves her spot

11

"Ring the bell"

Rings a service bell with her paw

12

"What do you do when you
 see a cat?"

Barks aggressively

13

"What do you do when you
 see a big dog?"

Bows down and says her prayers

14

"What does a sad puppy look like?"

Lies down and puts her head between her two front paws

15

"Show me your sore paw"

Lifts left paw

16

"Do you have a kiss for Mommy?"

Gives Sharon a kiss

17

"Do you love me? Show me"

Brings a rose

18

"Do you have a container for the rose?"

Brings a container

19

"Lie down"

Lies down on her stomach

20

"...on your side"

Turns over to lie on her side

21

"Stand"

Stands on all fours

22

"Paws up, stand"

Stands on back legs, front paws up

23

"Play dead"

Lies down, closes eyes

24

"O.K."

Doesn't move from the dead dog position until she hears 'O.K.'

25

"Bark"

Barks

26

"...louder"

Barks louder

27

"Roll over"

Rolls over

28

"Again"

Repeats previous trick

29

"Back up"

Takes six or seven steps backwards

30

"Body shake"

Shakes like a wet dog

31

"Sneeze"

She sneezes

32

"Spin"

Spins around in a circle

33

"Come"

Comes forward

34

"Paws up, walk"

Walks on hind legs

35

"Dance"

Stands on back legs and spins around

36

"Up against the wall, spread 'em!"

Assumes the searching position

37

"Bring me your dish"

Brings her food dish

38

"Bring your spoon"

Gets a spoon and brings it

39

"Bring your fork"

Gets a fork and brings it

40

"Where's my right hand?"

Slaps Sharon's right hand

41

"Remove the bow from your teddy bear"

Pulls and unties the bow from her bear

42

"[Sharon sneezes]"

Fetches a tissue and brings it

43

"Catch"

Catches whatever object thrown in mouth

44

"Fetch & Carry"

Goes for ball, brings it back

45

"Put the ball in my hand"

Sets ball in hand

46

"Put the ball in the can"

Places the ball in the little can

47

"Play the piano"

Sits down and plays a full scale piano

48

"Weave"

Walking & weaving through a set of pylons

49

"Crawl"

Gets on floor and crawls

50

"Untie knot"

In the event of a hostage situation, Chanda unties knots

51

"Untie three knots"

Any dog any untie a single knot!

52

"Want to go for a walk?"

Brings her collar & leash

53

"It's cold outside"

Brings her sweater

54

"Would your puppy like to go
for a walk?"

Pulls her wooden dog along on a leash

55

"Pull out your toy box"

Pulls out box of toys

56

"Pick up your toys and put them away"

After playing with her toys, she puts them away

57

"Jump hoop"

Jumps through a hoop off the ground

58

"Shell game"

Sharon re-arranges the shells and Chanda picks the one with the peanut under it

59

"Look in the mirror"

Looks in the mirror

60

"Go to your mat"

Goes and lays on her mat

61

"Go to the door"

Goes to the door

62

"Open the door"

Pulls the door open

63

"Close the door"

Pushes the door closed

64

"Garbage"

Picks up the garbage, throws it in the pail

65

"The mailman brought Mommy
a letter"

Brings a letter addressed to Sharon

66

"The mailman brought Chanda
a letter"

Brings a letter addressed to Chanda

67

"Did the mailman bring any other mail?"

Fetches letter addressed 'junk' mail

68

"What do we do with junk
mail?"

Puts the letter in the garbage pail

69

"My toes are cold, bring my
socks"

Brings Sharon's socks

70

"Bring my slippers"

Brings Sharon's slippers

71

"Get up on your barrel…sit"

Gets up on a large hollow barrel and sits

72

"Get off your barrel"

Jumps down off the barrel

73

"Cookies & tea"

Balances a cup & saucer on her head, and a cookie on her nose

74

"What do you take to a
 pajama party?"

Gets her pajamas

75

"What else do you take?"

Gets her blanket

76

"Easter bonnet"

Fetches, and models it

77

"Go to your stool, put your paws up, put your head down"

Gets on stool, puts paws up, and head down

78

"Jump Rope"

Jumps over the rope each time it is raised higher and higher

79

"Look out the window"

Looks out the window

80

"[Chanda's piano]"

Plays actual songs on her piano

81

"Roll the small barrel"

...with her paws

82

"Roll the large barrel"

...with her paws

83

"Walk on the barrel"

Walks up on barrel

84

"Get up on your chair"

Gets up on chair

85

"Sit, stay"

Traditional dog tricks on chair

86

"Get down off your chair"

Gets off chair

87

"Go to my purse and bring.."

Goes to purse and gets...

88

"...Kleenex"

A pack of tissue

89

"...wallet"

Sharon's wallet

90

"...candy"

Some candy

91

"...glasses"

A pair of glasses

92

"Return..."

Takes back to purse...

93

"...Kleenex"

A pack of tissue

94

"...wallet"

Sharon's wallet

95

"...candy"

Some candy

96

"...glasses"

A pair of glasses

97

"Close my purse"

Closes purse.. with attitude!

98

"Stupid pet trick"

Balances a toy bird on the end of her nose

99

"Give me five"

Gives Sharon five with her paw

100

"High five"

Gives Sharon five, only higher

101

"On the mark"

Goes to 'X' marked on the floor

102

"Here's a treat from mommy"

She eats it!

103

"Here's a treat from daddy"

She eats it!

104

"Here's a treat from the dog catcher"

She doesn't touch it!

105

"Take your bunny to your wagon"

Takes stuffed bunny to the toy wagon

106

"Put the bunny in the wagon"

Places the bunny in the wagon

107

"Bring me the wagon"

Pulls the wagon to Sharon

108

"Chocolate bar search"

Picks out the different chocolate bars by their name

109

"Rocking horse"

Rocks the toy horse with her paw

110

"Ring Toss"

Fetches rings, and puts them on a pylon

111

"Roll the little ball with your nose"

Rolls the little ball with her nose

112

"Roll the big ball with your paws"

Walks a ball across the stage with front paws

113

"Bowling"

Picks up bowling ball, and knocks down the pins.

114

"Colored mats"

Can identify colors: red, yellow, green

115

"Bring me the green ball"

Removes the green ball from a dish and puts it in a bucket

116

"Bring me the yellow ball"

Removes the yellow ball from a dish and puts it in a bucket

117

"Bring me the pink ball"

Removes the pink ball from a dish and puts it in a bucket

118

"Door prize"

Picks the door prize tickets out of the basket

119

"It's time for bed"

Hops into her bed

120

"Want me to tell you a 
 bedtime story?"

Barks

121

"Get your favourite book"

Goes and gets her Bible

122

"Have you said your prayers?"

Hops out of bed, kneels with her head bowed and stays until she hears 'Amen', then hops back into bed

123

"Go to sleep"

Puts her head down and closes her eyes

124

"The bad man stole my wallet"

Runs and retrieves stolen wallet

125

"Take a bow"

Takes a bow

126

"Get in your bag"

Hops into her traveling bag

127

"Do you have an encore?"

Pulls cover off doll buggy

128

"Pick up your baby"

Goes and gets her puppy

129

"Put her in the buggy"

Puts the puppy in the buggy

130

"It's cold outside"

Gets blanket to cover her puppy

131

"If you're going shopping, you need a                 purse”

Fetches the purse

132

"There's no money in your
 purse; go to Daddy and ask
 for some money"

Barks for money, Daddy gives her twenty dollars

133

"Is that all he gave you?
 Ask for more money"

She goes back and barks for more, and gets fifty dollars

134

"Put the purse in the buggy"

Puts purse in buggy

135

"Take your baby for a walk"

Pushes the buggy with the puppy inside

136

"Bring me the purse"

Brings purse back to Sharon

137

"This money doesn't belong to us"

Returns the money to Daddy

138

"Closer"

Comes and sits by Sharon's left foot, and keeps doing it every time she moves

139

"The Maple Leaf..."

Holds Canadian flag while Sharon sings 'The Maple Leaf Forever', walks over and hands her the flag

140

"O Canada!"

Stands at attention for the singing of the national anthem

141

"THE END"

Takes 'The End' flag, spins around with it at the end of the show, and sits pretty.

142

"Daddy's socks"

Picks up Daddy's socks and puts them in the laundry

143

"Bring it closer"

Brings whatever object she has closer to Sharon

144

"Take a letter"

Takes a letter from Mommy to Daddy and vice versa

145

"Kiss Daddy"

Licks Sharon's husband on the cheek

146

"Wash his ears"

Licks his ears all over

147

"Want you tummy rubbed?"

Lies down to get tummy rubbed

148

"Want your back scratched?"

Comes and stands beside you to have back scratched

149

"Cuddle up"

Cuddles close to Sharon

150

"Hide & seek"

Plays hide and seek with grandchildren

151

"Monkey in the middle "

Game she plays with children, she being the monkey

152

"Where's Mommy?"

Finds Sharon

153

"Where's Daddy?"

Finds Sharon's husband

154

"Want to go for a car ride?"

She spins around

155

"Skateboarding"

Climbs on her skateboard and pushes it along

156

"Frisbee & ball "

Fetches ball and puts it on the Frisbee

Also, Chanda understands and can identify:

157-163

Days of the week

164-175

Months of the year

176-201

The English alphabet (A-Z)

202-211

Numbers by hand signals (1-10)

212-311

Numbers (1-100)

312-411

Adding all combinations of 1-10

412-461

Subtracting some combinations of 1-10

462-561

Multiplying all combinations of 1-10

Chanda understands and reads from cue cards:

562-568

Days of the week

569-580

Months of the year

581-606

The English alphabet (A-Z)

607-706

Numbers (1-100)

707-806

Adding all combinations of 1-10

807-906

Multiplying all combinations of 1-10

907-956

Subtracting some combinations of 1-10

957

Sit

958

Sit Pretty 

959

Lie Down

960

Sneeze

961

Bark

962

Spin

 

Recent Tricks

 

963  

 "Blessings"              

Lies down...bows her head...waits for 'Amen' before eating her dinner     

964

"Put Ginger to bed"                   

Put Beanie Baby Ginger in the cradle                       

965

"Cover her with a sheet"          

Covers Ginger with a sheet                                

966

 "Rock Ginger to sleep"              

Rocks the cradle                                                

967-968

 "LIMBO - Jump back"           

Crawls under limbo stick...jumps back                     

969

 "Take treat to Daddy's bed"        

...and that's where the cookie crumbs stay J  

970

 "Do you want your picture taken"              

Comes running to sit and pose                            

971

 "Fetch green ball...sit on the green spot"

                                                          

972

 "Fetch yellow ball...sit on the yellow spot"

                                                        

973

 "Fetch pink ball...sit on the red spot"

                                                        

974

 "Growl"

…growls

975

 "Cookie-Hold it" 

 Holds cookie in her mouth until told to eat it.

976

 ''STOP, DROP and ROLL'' 

In the event that Chanda catches on fire.                            

977-980

"Walk on balls"                             

Four different sizes...large to small                      

981-1020

40 of Chanda's tricks can be done with different hand commands

Chanda is toilet trained, not house broken. She "goes" on command:

1021

"Surprise, Surprise!"

Drops out the little surprise packages