Anyone else accidentally train their dog to alert them when their Glowforge job finishes? Totally did it by accident by getting up when the fan stops and I guess my pup learned to alert me when that happens. 
So handy.
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Indeed!!
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Thatâs funny! Smart dog!
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Haha, the dog do something useful? Not in this house. The only thing this 8 year old alerts me to is when he would like another bone to eat.
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Thatâs so cute and cool! I can understand how such a creature of habit might learn to do that but I never would have thought it to happen.
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Thatâs hilarious and oh so handy. 
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I love hearing, âmy dog canât be trained,â or whatever variation of that. If they repeatedly react to something that either you do, or something in the environment, they are trained! Grabbing your keys, grabbing a leash, grabbing the poop bags, or whatever.
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When my daughter was away at basic training last year, communication was limited to letters and one 30-minute call on Sundays. There is a service you can pay for (sandboxx) that provides expedited delivery on-base, and also pre-paid, pre-addressed return envelopes. We wrote to her every day.
So I was anxious to know when the mail was delivered, and I can tell the sound of the mail van pulling up, Iâd get up and look out the window to confirm, so I could go see if there was a letter from her. Of course Nova would look out too, to see what I was âanxiousâ about.
The sofa under the window is my âdog sofaâ and thatâs where sheâd be most of the day. After just a few weeks of that, she would look out when the mail van came, even if I just stayed put and ignored it.
If you think thatâs interesting⌠we had a parrotlet, and his cage was on a table next to a bay window overlooking the back yard and driveway. He was a âwatch birdâ and would go nuts whenever strangers came up, BUT only strangers - even regular non-family, our occasional yard guy, he would ignore. Even though we would get frequent deliveries from FedEx, UPS, and often the mail van would have to come up onto the property, he would let us know as well - and that would trigger the dogs as well. If the bird didnât âgo offâ, the dogs just kept sleeping.
I set up a motion cam once to see what he did when we werenât home. Caught deliveries a couple of times. He just looked out and went back to sleeping. He was one smart little bird. He also learned to fly down onto the floor and walk around the kitchen with the dogs. He thought he was just like them. 
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An awful lot still depends on personality and what the animal feels is important. If you are getting up and running to the window randomly the dog will become untrained. I trained an older dog and he was one of the worst in the obedience school. One time when he broke I yanked the collar so hard he did a backflip, and he then figured it out. Later at the final show, one of the other dogs broke at him, and he almost fell over laughing at him.
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Great training tip! Mine just bark at my glowforge they hate the noise! How do I get my dogs to stop barking at it lol
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We have two dogs, Trixie and Winston. They both just lay on a pillow under my work table whenever Iâm in my craft room. The only noise that bothers Winston is if I use my vacuum sealer - heâll either come downstairs or go into Trixieâs kennel back in the bedroom (which we keep her in at night simply because she insists on trying to get under the sheets, whereas Winston sleeps on the bed but just lays down on top). But the Glowforge, vacuum cleaner, even the shop vac in the craft room - heâll just lay there.
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I need to teach my puppy this! 
Tonight we are teaching him how to play with a punch balloon. (So far, heâs mastered picking it up by the rubber band handle.) Thatâs not nearly as useful, though it is entertaining.
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Ok, that is just too cute! 
So cool! Now teach him to push the magic button 
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We lost our Portuguese Water Dog this past fall, but still have our standard poodle. My daughter (grown up) was with me that morning as she died. Now the poodle gets spoiled to death in some ways. For her and his comfort, she started letting him sit on her bed when she was studying or just hanging out. Now he gets upset if she wonât let him. But the interesting thing is she works mornings rom 6-12:30. I have ring cameras on the garage and back patio and when they detect motion my Apple Watch dings. He knows when she is supposed to be home, so when the watch dings he jumps up and runs to the door waiting for her to round the corner.
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Awww⌠this is the sweetest! (And sorry about your other dog - Iâm still missing my MinPin who we said goodbye to a few years ago)
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Nova left me just before Christmas. Huge hole in my heart, she slept beside me every night and laid on the sofa beside me while I worked every day since I rescued her about 9 years ago.
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Rio is like that at daycare. At 415pm, he will separate himself from his play group and go inside to wait for me.
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I am so sorry!
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Itâs what we sign up for when we get pets, We lost 4 dogs and the bird I mentioned within a year.
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