Nana the World's Smartest Dog Performs Amazing Dog Tricks

Meet the world's smartest Border Collie: my best friend, Nana! From footstalls, to walking front paw handstands, to running backwards, Nana does it all.

All of Nana's training is done exclusively with the use of positive reinforcement and clicker training. Nana chooses to do all the behaviours in this video, and when she performs a trick, she is rewarded with lots of praise, toys, and treats. She loves what she does, and to her, "training" is all just a big game we play together!

My goal with my training is to show the world that anything can be achieved with Positive Reinforcement! Remember always to use positive training methods with your dog.

No video is sped up or reversed. Nana just likes to perform her tricks fast, and she really is walking backwards.


NOTE: I originally had two "World's Smartest Dog" videos of Nana, but due to complication and confusion between the two, I removed both videos and compiled the best of both of them into this one. I have also included a few new videos of Nana's tricks. We hope you all enjoy!

Visit Nana's official website:
http://www.useyourclicker.com/

***The music contained in this video is the work of Josh Woodward, whose music can be found at the following website: http://www.joshwoodward.com/
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All of Josh Woodward's music is under the following Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ I own all of the videos and any other audio contained in this video***

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[weemigetjem]

Unbeliveable, how many tricks does she actually know? or have u lost count :P

[NanaBorderCollie]

@weemigetjem Nana knows over 200 tricks total.

[pamelamarxsen]

Nana is amazing! You are also very talented and I LOVE the way you train your dog! BTW, how old is Nana? Keep up the outstanding work!

[NanaBorderCollie]

@pamelamarxsen Thanks, Pam. :)

Nana is four years old.

[greatlygreat1]

This is fenominal!!!! How long did this take? btw your property is beautiful.

[NanaBorderCollie]

@greatlygreat1 Thank you. :)

I have had Nana for four years, and have been teaching her tricks for as long as I have had her.

[pinkbutterflys123]

OMG certainly the best dog tricks in the world! I so loved it! i'm recomending to anyone on youtube. This is a MUST watch, seriously. Thank you for putting her on youtube, she is AMAZING!

[telrinx]

Inspiring, was having a bad day before I saw this

[andabo]

i sometimes have a hard time getting mine to sit!

[SpriteWild]

6:05 and 3:54 are probably a very useful tricks lol :)

[raposochloe]

wonder how long it took to train her i love the tricks there amazing Keep up the good work

[Desidog02]

Get her in a movie!

[Belzique]

Wow, credits to you, you really know how to train a dog and to keep it happy. And Nana is just such a smart girl and adorable too, you can just see she has a huge smile on her face all the time she is doing tricks :)

[dreamaway116]

Brilliant dog, brilliant training.

[sanchotabata]

she's fantastic! i love her!!!

[napatuber1]

THANK YOU for putting such a big smile on my face. I haven't checked out the rest of your videos yet, but just had to tell you what an inspiration Nana is. It is wonderful to see such a happy dog! My little guy is incredibly loved and spoiled, but somewhat neurotic and scared of sooo much. I just love watching Nana's abilities. Dogs really can do amazing things for people, and you obviously know how to train a dog. Have you ever thought of training service/therapy dogs?

[MrCandew]

She is some kind of dog genius!

[09LilyLove]

An extremely talented beautiful border collie with lots of energy and is willing to learn. I wish I could teach my border collie, Megan, to do those tricks!

[wsecniib99]

WOW...

this is unbeliveble.

thumbs up every body nana u are amazing and teacher is amazing too

[lapriesemylesful]

that was amazing!!!!!!! i aslo have a dog her name is salle but shes still a puppy ( hot dog )

[rhianne24able]

AMAZING!! :)

[brittloveschloe]

you should do tutorials on how to teach your dog to do tricks how did you do it

[nicoleno1FS]

8 minutes of ......... AWESOME

[Bordercolliesqueen]

I LOVE BORDER COLLIES !!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM ;) :):):)

[alicatisawesome15]

Nana is amazing! One question, when you are first teaching a trick, how do you show the dog what you want it to do? For example, with the head shake, you turned your closed fist. How do you get the dog to do the head movement, so that you can reward her when she does it correctly? I have a golden retriever of my own who I'm sure would like some more "enrichment" (and treats!). Thanks again. Thank Nana for me!

[unclearless]

Your ability to train is wonderful, too bad we don't get to see the process. I wonder what you could do with an ACD? Ending with the piano got you a very big thumbs up! Thank you, you two are very special! :-)

[MySanAndreas]

Nice! My dog's name is also Nana (female) though she's a Labrador

[thesuraj45]

how long did this take u??/

[Kaetiful123]

How do you teach her all that stuff I want to be able to tach my dog all that stuff! My dog is really smart, his name is Ozzy! :)

[TappajaEnkeli09]

Amazing :o And very cute :D

Really cute 7:32 (:

[LaurentiuuGabriel]

amazing dog you have :)

[ihatealigators]

She makes me wish I was able to spend the time needed for such an energetic and intelligent dog :(