What are some original, silly tricks that are simple for a dog to learn?

Question

My local shelter is holding their annual Mutts Mania in about a month, and like usual there are going to be a ton of contests. I want to enter Judge in the Beauty Pageant and the Silly Tricks contest, possibly the Fastest Tailwagger contest too. The problem is he doesn't know any silly tricks. What could I teach him? He's really, really, stubborn too, so it shouldn't be that hard for a dog to learn. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hold his hands in yours and move around. If he lets you do it praise him and give him treats. Every time you do this say "lets dance!" or "Dance". I taught this to my dog and now he dances

Answer 2

You could put a treat on his nose, and say "stay" then wait a bit, then say "okay" or "eat it" my dog learned it with two milkbones, and he is really stubborn :) You can also hold a treat against a wall, and if your dog puts his paws on the wall, say "freeze!" then give him the treat. Then everytime you say freeze, he will out his paws against the wall :)

Answer 3

Take a bow, spin, honk a bike horn

A really good book is 101 dog tricks by Kyra Sundance it's about $13 on Amazon

Answer 4

To shake their bodies. Very hilarious to watch them attempt it.

I basically move her around say "shake" and praise.

When I did this about 10 times whenever I said "shake" she would shake and look like she was having a seizure =]

Answer 5

hmm my dog know how to sit for like 5 minutes with a treat on his nose. if he knows how to sit and stay, just get him in that position, and if he knows how to "leave it" even better. he looks real funny just sitting there with a treat on his nose and his mouth all drippy hehe  

ADD: ok then! umm my other dog knows how to open the fridge but i think that wont work. oh! i got it! my dad taught toby how to go and get a beer! haha i know it sounds silly but he says toby be my bartender? and he goes to the cooler and gets a beer real careful and brings it to him! you can maybe take a little mini cooler and put some sodas or something in there...

Answer 6

sit, roll, the paw handing trick

Answer 7

play dead it a good one

Answer 8

we tell people our boomer has the best trick in the  world, (he cant catch a treat, he just never could catch food, a Frisbee yes, food no ), we tell him not to catch the treat, then we trow it to him, of course he drops it, then we tell him good boy, its always good for a laugh!