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One of the most redeeming traits of a French bulldog is that they love to obey their owner.  This comes most handy when training a Frenchie to do tricks.  Rocco’s favorite trick is to play dead, which we’ve taught him to do two different ways.

This trick above is easier to train, as it is more of a submission tactic than a full on trick.  You’d typically use this move to calm down a rambunctious puppy by putting the pup on it’s back while keeping your palm on their belly.  You wait until the pup is calm before releasing.  We turned this move into a trick by teaching Rocco to balance on his own.  We’ve taught him to balance for a few minutes – it’s pretty impressive!  All the while he’s waiting for our command to get up and grab his treat.

The other ‘play-dead’ trick is the most difficult to master, but it goes something like this – we tell Rocco to sit as if we’re going to give him a treat, when instead we pull out our finger-gun (the classy thumb and pointer finger gun), point it at him and say “bang bang!”.  Rocco then falls to the floor on his back, and we reward him with his treat.  This trick is a mighty crowd-pleaser.  I’ll try to get this on video for you all to see, it’s a kick!

Happy Monday!