Gp Tricks?

Brady Johnson

Brady Johnson

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Hello I am new to the forum and the GP lifestyle since I found a couple of these furry little dogs roaming around my neighborhood this weekend. Anyway I showed them to my cousin Ronnie who showed me some GP tricks over on a site called Worldstar and I've been working tirelessly for the last 15 or 20 minutes to teach my little furrbulls some but so far all they've done is use the bathroom on my mom's rug which is going to be a big problem if I can't train them to use the bowl I set out for them in their cage. My mom raeally doesn't like Meatball and Meatball II (that's what I named my GPs) so I feel like if I could teach them some useful tricks to show her (sit, roll over, fetch newspaper) and get them to use the bathroom I set up for them in their cage (can they close the door for privacy? can they learn that?) my mom would warm up to them.

What are your favorite GP tricks and how did you tech them?
 
Hi Cavy! That is really neat. Please share any training tips you have!

I heard pigs have great senses of smell similar to dogs. I figured if they can train those dogs to smell cancer and stuff, I could train mine to help my grandpa know when the milk goes bad since his nose doesn’t work like it used to in the good ol' days. I left old milk with Mrs. Piggy, off and on, and would give him a treat when he would go near the milk. He still didn’t help my grandpa. Probably would have helped if his cage was close to the fridge or something. It’s hard to say.
 
If you spend a bit of time on it you can train them to actually go and BUY the milk for your granddad. In fact, are you sure they were lost, and not just out on an errand from their previous home?
Seriously though, some people have trained guinea pigs to do the odd simple trick, and there's a YouTube guide, but for the most part, guinea pigs will have much more success training YOU....that's why we're known as slaves, not owners.
 
Wesley Tovar said:
Hi Cavy! That is really neat. Please share any training tips you have!

I heard pigs have great senses of smell similar to dogs. I figured if they can train those dogs to smell cancer and stuff, I could train mine to help my grandpa know when the milk goes bad since his nose doesn’t work like it used to in the good ol' days. I left old milk with Mrs. Piggy, off and on, and would give him a treat when he would go near the milk. He still didn’t help my grandpa. Probably would have helped if his cage was close to the fridge or something. It’s hard to say.
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They really like flattery and bribery. You must also remember not to train for too long as they're divas and need their rest to eat, nap and drink their filtered water.

Make sure you put on a nice spread after too!
 
rome_italy said:
my piggie attended a special class for learning how to serve tea
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now the next class is about how to bake scones :D
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Lovely - I'll be round for tea soon @rome_italy
I may bring a piggie or two as I am sure mine would have no problems communicating with yours, as all of my guinea pigs speak at least four languages fluently.
I think raising multilingual pigs is just so important in this day and age.
 
Brady Johnson said:
Hello I am new to the forum and the GP lifestyle since I found a couple of these furry little dogs roaming around my neighborhood this weekend. Anyway I showed them to my cousin Ronnie who showed me some GP tricks over on a site called Worldstar and I've been working tirelessly for the last 15 or 20 minutes to teach my little furrbulls some but so far all they've done is use the bathroom on my mom's rug which is going to be a big problem if I can't train them to use the bowl I set out for them in their cage. My mom raeally doesn't like Meatball and Meatball II (that's what I named my GPs) so I feel like if I could teach them some useful tricks to show her (sit, roll over, fetch newspaper) and get them to use the bathroom I set up for them in their cage (can they close the door for privacy? can they learn that?) my mom would warm up to them.

What are your favorite GP tricks and how did you tech them?
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Some of mine use the puppy pads as a toilet when out on the floor. I put them on the floor a few times without puppy pads and they always went under a small table so we started to put the puppy pads under the table at first. Now they are more comfortable and confident they come out from under the table and use the puppy pads wherever it is, only for weeing on though they still poop all over the place :lol!: Baring in mind I have 7 (2 pairs and a trio) some have mastered it and some haven't yet so still a little working progress. Maybe if I put food on it or something.
 
Haha - nothing so complex but my girl will do a circle for treats. At one point in time she would do it on the word command but I have got lax in keeping that up. However, if I show her the treat and make a circular motion with it she will circle for it. She's not spot on every time, sometimes she gets distracted half way round by a different smell, but we have some fun with it. It's a good 'trick' to show people who think all guinea pigs are unintelligent.
 
Piggylet said:
Haha - nothing so complex but my girl will do a circle for treats. At one point in time she would do it on the word command but I have got lax in keeping that up. However, if I show her the treat and make a circular motion with it she will circle for it. She's not spot on every time, sometimes she gets distracted half way round by a different smell, but we have some fun with it. It's a good 'trick' to show people who think all guinea pigs are unintelligent.
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My oldest two do it, teaching one of my younger girls but I don't think I'll try that one with Tonks :))
 
When I rattle the nugget bowl, they all come running down the ramp from the loft. My brother says it's like something out of Camberwick Green (or was it Trumpton) - Pugh, Pugh, Barney Magrew, Cuthbert Dibble, Grubb. (Ok, just totally gave my age away there - and anyone under 40 or from outwith the UK won't have a clue what I'm talking about).:wub:
 
Reenie said:
When I rattle the nugget bowl, they all come running down the ramp from the loft. My brother says it's like something out of Camberwick Green (or was it Trumpton) - Pugh, Pugh, Barney Magrew, Cuthbert Dibble, Grubb. (Ok, just totally gave my age away there - and anyone under 40 or from outwith the UK won't have a clue what I'm talking about).:wub:
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It was Trumpton...I remember watching it (I'm over 40, lol) :)
 
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