Dog Tricks
by Denise Sawicki on April 10, 2010

Cross post from Facebook.
Here are two new videos of our genius dog doing his amazing tricks.
Mimicking
Verbal Tricks
Seven Replies to Dog Tricks
Erik Bates | April 14, 2010
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Scott Hardie | April 18, 2010
Neat! Now see if you can get him to take out the trash and clean the bathroom... :-)
Amy Austin | April 19, 2010
Yay, Philip!!! Um... don't know if it's just me, but I can't see the second link... :-(
Amy Austin | April 19, 2010
Never mind... took a closer look and figured it out -- what a clever one he is!
Denise Sawicki | April 20, 2010
Thanks everyone! Thanks Amy for informing me of my dumb typo.
Jackie Mason | April 21, 2010
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