Once upon a time, I taught Tinky-Winky to roll over. It took two years and a good 70 lbs of cheese, but we did it. Or... more or less. She knows what I mean by "roll over". That was the easy part. She got it the first day. The part about motivating her to do it took two years, and she still always tries to get out of it by doing some other trick instead, or she'll go on her side and then get back up and pretend she did it. So, I don't really ask her anymore. Obviously she doesn't like it, and there is no purpose in making her do it.
The funny thing is, when we're playing on the floor together in the evenings, sometimes she rolls over of her own free will. I don't even have cheese handy or anything, and we're just playing, and she rolls over and doesn't ask for anything in return.
Now why would somebody do something they don't like to do but they know matters to someone in their life?
Hmmmmmmm...
I think that's her way of saying "you know what, human, you're alright."
The funny thing is, when we're playing on the floor together in the evenings, sometimes she rolls over of her own free will. I don't even have cheese handy or anything, and we're just playing, and she rolls over and doesn't ask for anything in return.
Now why would somebody do something they don't like to do but they know matters to someone in their life?
Hmmmmmmm...
I think that's her way of saying "you know what, human, you're alright."
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my Shiba, Seiji, learned how to roll over in about 15 minutes -- did it twice then every single next time would just look at me and not even attempt it... it was like "what do you think I'm some kinda clown?"
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