Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

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I need some suggestions for tricks to teach Lilly. She is almost 11 years old, so nothing too acrobatic please. She is a 28 lb beagle. Here are the tricks she knows already
All basic obedience: Sit, hell, down etc
Give Paw, Give other paw
High Five
Roll over
Play Dead
Play dead when "shot" with a finger gun
Sit Up
Sit Up and give paw/high five
Sit up and "Raise the Roof" (Waves paws above her head-too cute)
Jumps through a hoop
Speak
"Sings" by barking twice after each line of "how much is that doggy in the window"

Any suggestions? She is quite active for her age and seems a little bored lately.
 
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What about "Find It" (goes and finds a toy), "Play the Piano" (starts to "play" a toy piano), "Clean Up Your Toys" (puts all her toys in a basket) and "Fetch"?
 

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Bonjour,

How about walking through your legs (in between) and crawl?

For me, teaching walking between my legs was really easy. I just had a toy that I would show to my dog between my legs and made the dog pass trhough them to get it. Then lots of excitment when the dog did it. I then continued with switching the toy from hand to hand making the dog pass between my legs each time. Now, I just say "Pass" clicking my fingers near my legs for my dog to go between them.

The kids love this trick. It quite funny walking with a dog passing through your legs at the same time! :)
 

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