"Double High Five" (Dumb Dog Tricks Leap Year Edition)

What's the best time of day to work with your dog?

For Zoozoo that's easy -- right before a meal. My silly girl is really food motivated and will spin through her tricks as quick as possible to get her food.

What dog training method works best? That's up to the dog owner to figure out. Some dogs work for toys, others work for praise, Zoozoo will do tricks for food.

I hate to say it, but "trick for treat" is a game that dogs will play all year round.

Pick out ten to fifteen minutes per day to work with your dog. Start with the basics (sit, stay, down, walk on a leash) and build to whatever dog tricks your mind can event. The sky is the limit.

But it's very important that you work with your dog at least three or four times per week. More is better! Twice a day is perfect.

Your dog will appreciate it. Also, be very sure that your dog is getting enough exercise. A chubby dog belongs to an owner who is not getting enough exercise. Go for a walk every day. It's good for you to get outside. As they say, it will blow the stink off you.

Play with your dog every day. Show me your dumb dog trick!

Peace and love, Jimmyjumpnjive

Dogs on Chairs on LOL PETS!

FAME AND FORTUNE FINALLY (JK)

Recently one of my videos made it on the LOL PETS show on the ALN Network.  Peace and love and ALN network!

Seriously, I am proud to have shared (in my minuscule amount) billing with Kip Kay.  Even though he has his own show (and probably a mansion and a yacht) and I got ten seconds of my silly dogs being super silly on the silly happy funny peace and love (Lol Pets) show.

I am so totally cool with this.  I'm thinking maybe I should send more videos to ALN.  I was on their website but couldn't figure out how to post anything other than a "roll out" or "fame spot" or "spot out."  I'll go back to their site and look around a little more later.

Here, this link will make it easier for you to find them.
http://www.youtoo.com/lolpets

It's like I'm thinking ALN is a big network.  Do you think LOL PETS will ultimately be the next Pet Star?

I made the video, "Musical Chairs for Dogs," about two years ago.

Yeah, yeah, I goofed because you can see me in the reflection in the windows.  Still I really like this video, and I say that even though I made the video.  IMHO this is an awesome video.

I felt good that day.  I enjoyed making this video.  It was a sort of cataclysmic milkshake of passive dog training mixed with low budget video production.  Of all my videos, this one is my favorite.

Oh, and I have this video because my friend Ilovejanelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WttfqFnah0U  captured it on her cellphone and sent it to me.  I watch so little television, I probably would have missed it.

When I see one of my videos used in a television show, blog or website, linked, whatever, I feel good about that.  It means that someone else agreed with my vision, got the joke, liked the message, and passed it along.  It's a good feeling.

Over the years I have signed stuff over (non exclusive rights) on some of my videos for the asking.  I have also sold videos outright, primarily winning contest entries.  Fundamentally, though, I don't really care if I get paid or not.  What I want is for people to see my stuff.

Sometimes when I see my videos on television I wonder, "Gee, when did I sign the release on that video." Because I probably did sign a release.

I don't want a thousand people to see one video, I would rather have ten people watch all of my videos.  Some people will "get" my stuff.  Some will not.  My mission is to find the people who will get it and make more videos for them.

Yo soy un hombre lobo

YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOBO

SOJA de YO ONU HOMBRE LOBO

¿El Perro rojo es un perro guapo, no?

Yo siempre he sido fascinado con historias acerca de lobos, los coyotes y chupacabras.

¡Ah! ¡Absurdo! Algunas personas dirían, pero yo no convengo. Mi animal del espíritu, un Zorro de Cascada, me dijo que todo este material de hombre lobo es para verdadero. Los zorros que viven los bosques del noroeste no convienen también. ¿Los animales del espíritu y llena... Carlos Castenada, cualquiera?

Entonces el nombre de mi álbum video de música es, "Soja de Yo no Hombre Lobo". ("Soy el Hombre lobo".) Pienso que tiene como ocho videos de música en ello y dura sólo un pequeños más de diez minutos.

Todavía, córteme algún flojo, como trato de construir mi blog y Canal de Youtube, es bastante fresco que puedo volver más de tres valor de años de videos y rehacerlo, listas de reproducción de marca consigo, tiran algunos lazos en ello. Sabe. Cree mi primer álbum de música original con diez selecciones entrega escogido por el artista conocido como Jimmy Salto.

Red Dog is a good looking dog, no?

I have always been fascinated with stories about wolves, coyotes and chupacabras.

Ha! Preposterous! Some people would say, but I disagree. My spirit animal, a Cascade Fox, told me that all this werewolf stuff is for real. Spirit animals and stuff... Carlos Castenada, anyone?

So the name of my video music album is, "Yo Soy un Hombre Lobo." ("I am the Man Wolf.") I think it has like eight music videos on it and it lasts just a little over ten minutes.

Still, cut me some slack, as I try to build my blog and Youtube Channel, it's pretty cool that I can go back over three years worth of videos and rework it, make playlists with it, throw some links into it. You know. Create my first album of original music with ten selections hand picked by the artist known as Jimmy Jump.

Peace Jimmy Jump February 24, 2012

Blow me a Bubble (Dumb Dog Trick #267)

Do you give your dog enough water?

One of the basic things every dog needs every day is fresh water. Exactly how much water is that?

From what I have heard the right amount of water is about an ounce of water per day per pound your dog weighs. So a 12 lb. little dog would need a medium-sized glass of water per day. But a 64 lb. dog would need a gallon.

Dogs are also self-regulating waterers. That means that if you put out a bunch of water for them, dogs will drink as much as they want or need. If they drink too much, they can leave some on the trees and the grass and the neighbor kid's bicycle.

My old dog Blue had quite a record of going pee on stuff. He really like to go you-know-what on other dogs, especially little dogs. He'd just mark them as soon as they got in position.

Blue also liked to mark other people's stuff, like their gear bags and ice chests. Blue liked to pee on buildings, food, statutes and people.

Yes, even people. Myself included.

Blue once peed on the marketing director of the local human society. I felt so bad, because the guy is awesome and he's in a wheelchair. What does my dog do? Lift his leg on the guy in the wheelchair.

Why? I have no idea. But I always try to give Blue enough water.

Actually, always have fresh water available for your dog. When you play with your dog (or play a dog sport) you should always have a bowl around for all of the dogs.

The only dog wee wee story I have that tops Blue's exploits would be the time that Red Dog peed on my brother's Christmas Tree. Red Dog was not allowed back into my brother's house for quite some time because Mrs. My Brother did not appreciate Red Dog's sense of humour.

"Hey, I was just goofin' and I peed on your Christmas Tree," said Red Dog.

"Leave now and I will let you live," said Mrs. Brother's Wife.

You get the idea.

Jimmy Jump

Tacoma, Washington

February 18, 2012

Newt-a-tude Song (Dumb Dog Trick #263)

THE SPOT ON THE RUG AWARD GOES TO ... NEWT GINGRICH

The Spot on the Carpet Award this week goes to Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives. Because, ah heck, why not? Maybe he didn't mess on the carpet (we don't have proof he did) but it could still happen. Maybe we should make Newt Gingrich prove that he didn't poop on the carpet. Yeah, I like that and I mean that. I'm not saying that Newton isn't a captivating American persona or that he wouldn't be a great guy to have a couple of beers with, but I give it like 3 to 2 odds that there will be a "wet clean up in aisle five" before the Republican Presidential Primaries are over. Gingrich is so much fun, because he's such an Alpha Henry (Ass Hole). Plus, his name is really fun to say. So, what's all this stuff with Newt Gingrich anyway? He was an up and coming Republican contender from 1979 to 1999 but then quit and ran off chasing dollar bills. He likes to found stuff, like the Conservative Opportunity Society (1983) and lots and lots of other stuff. He must be a vampire, as he is always busy creating new Republican political stuff and then creating more stuff. Even his wife, Callista Gingrich, creates stuff like books and movies, and she plans to personally get some more cranky conservatives into the Lame Stream Media business. Herself included! Book them a studio, American Conservative Television with Calli at the helm will restore the appropriate Gingrich principles in the American People. Why am I suddenly thinking about how many pairs of shoes Emelda Marcos had when the Marcos controlled the Phillipines. Har! I marvel at the guy. It takes a lot of work, effort and practice to be a pain in the ass on the level of Newtie. I became quite fascinated with him and started looking him up. The whole ethics violation thing had Newtie got all hot and going on in some college course he was teaching and then all the little Newties went and started making televisions shows about God knows what. Actually, I think it would have been "Republican knows what" as they went too far on that. And they had their little take-over-the-world Republican television thing and set up as a 501(c)(3) or some similar non-profit, probably religious. But making television ten or 15 years ago was an expensive proposition. The big problem came from spending money donated to the non-profit on activities that were more political than religious. Vote Republic and often, Gingrich replied. Then became a like a multi-year beat down on poor little Newton, as he was investigated and he appealed, and the darn thing wound out over time. The former Speaker was not convicted of any crimes, mind you. Please be well assured of that. But it pretty much did him in politically. Off to be a corporate mercenary -- power and influence traded for money. Then there's the high quality (or "weird-assed" if you rather) books and movies Newt and Callista make. Yeah, it's this odd little tripped out Republican money bomb politics thing. A good candidate pounds his message into the people. A good candidate might pound on his opponent's record, mistakes, or lack of experience. Newt Gingrich just pounds the table. Have you ever known someone like him? Someone ready to argue and fight on a moment's notice? The worst mistake you can make is to play their game. It's a psych out technique. The oldest trick in the book. Like grabbing someone's tie while you yell at them. You drop to their level and they win. Newt can sling mud and trashy rhetoric out to media before his first sip of morning coffee. The line in the song is "Chopping up issues like they's fire wood, Newt-a-tude..."

The Lyrics to the Song

Ladies and Gentle Minds
Mister Speaker

Read about him in the Daily News
Chopping up issues like they's fire wood
it's a newt-a-tude, yeah, newt-a-tude
They say he only wants a job at Fox News anyway ...
(Spoken Part)

Jumping all around in his brand new shoes
jumping all around making front page news
it's a newt-a-tude, newt-a-tude

Very complicated bit of song writing on that one. Peace on, party out, I'm about out of Newt Jokes. So time to sign off.




He has such a fun name. Do you think he chirps like a newt too? He seems like a real sincere and motivated guy. Har!

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The Hedge Hog red and yellow, a photo by Jimmy Jump on Flickr.

A flickr of a life ... har! Goofing on Andy Warhol, baby, Warhull, Warhol. Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Are you having fun?