101 things to do with a spaghetti pot

I have a really nice large pot with a pasta insert that I got saving stamps at the grocery store. Since I don't cook much it's been relegated to service as dog training equipment.

This week's project is using the pot to help teach the dogs rear end awareness. This "Pot Training" is a new technique for me, but I found a video similar to this one on YouTube. I upped the difficulty level by trying to teach all three dogs at once. It turned out to be lots of fun for both the dogs and me.

Ranger figured it out first, stomping first one foot and then the other on the upturned spaghetti pot.

Ceilidh was next to figure things out, offering every behavior she could think of except for standing on the pot over and over again, screaming at me as well. Finally, things clicked for her and she figured it out too.

Sue, who I think of as the brightest of my three, took a little longer. Seems that the group shaping/luring session was a little confusing for her, but eventually with some one-on-one time she quickly figured out the game.


Currently, I'm able to sort of push Ceilidh and Ranger around the pot in a counter clockwise direction and Sue is just working on duration on the pot. We're just starting out, but hopefully this spaghetti pot training will prove useful.