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Oh it really is.
But there is a bit of a benefit. It keeps him mentally stimulated, and that's not an easy thing to do with shepherds.
We never had a whole lot of trouble with it when I was growing up.
I mean obviously there's no harm in teaching complicated cues, but for me it's way more fun to teach and proof a variety of tricks
We kinda ran out of tricks. He knows the basic sit, shake, lay, hi five, play dead, roll over, pray, statue (similar to beg but he holds it for ten seconds or more), point, bow, stand, stay, jump, spin, going to a place on command, walk backwards on command, fetch certain items on command, yawning on command, put his toys away on command, act ashamed on command, crawl, limp, bang bang, speak, cross paws, to go into the "elevator butt" stance. I think it's commonly known as hips up or something like that.
If you know any tricks we haven't taught him please tell me!
It's why we went to clicker training. When you run out of things to teach him, he then gets bored. I think my grandpa has been making huge puzzles for the backyard that dispense treats for him when he completes the puzzle, and some are pretty complicated...