A Canadian woman, Alison, demonstrates just how easy it is to train her adorable 1-year-old Mini American Shepherd, named Jasper to find the TV remote.

Alison said, "We use positive reinforcement and shaping to train, it usually takes him 3-5 days to perfect a trick over the course of many short training sessions.

"Trick training can be done with any dog no matter how old or what breed.

"Mental exercise is super important for all dogs and keeps dogs happy, non destructive, and not bored."

I, Alison filmed this video! This dog is a Mini American Shepherd, Jasper, 1 year, Male ! The other tricks that he can do is: play dead, take a bow, weave, weave backwards, rollover, sit pretty, wave, handstand, Achoo (get me a Kleenex), Hold It, close doors, and he can walk with his front feet on mine... We call this magnets! We use positive reinforcement and shaping to train, it usually takes him 3-5 days to perfect a trick over the course of many short training sessions. Since this breed is a working dog, we have always worked on trick training as a way to exercise him mentally (they love to have tasks and jobs). I started with sit and down the first days I brought him home. Trick training can be done with any dog no matter how old or what breed. Mental exercise is super important for all dogs and keeps dogs happy, non destructive, and not bored.