At eight months Briggs had completed doggie obedience training. She could/can do the following;
heal
sit/stay (and extended)
stand/stay
down/stay (and extended)
come
shake
creep
high five
"go home" (to her crate)
"go to bed" (goes to her bed)
"drop it"
"wait"
"leave it"
gentle
"enough" (stops whatever she is doing and sits)
"pretty girl" -- (she play bows)
"stick 'em up" --> she stands on her back paws and sticks her front paws WAY up!
she stops and sits on the mat as soon as she walks in the door
They are VERY smart, it's all a matter of repetition... that's how she learned to shake a paw...
everytime we came in the door and I wiped her paws I would say "paw" as I picked it up and then "other paw"... she caught on...
