My Skills and Tricks
Loren and I like working together on my skills. I love working on being as smart as I can be.
![I was learning to jump through a hula hoop. Now I can jump through Loren's arms so we don't need the hoop anymore. This was a class at Ruff House.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cee652477cae536a55a0cf/d9ae1809-26ee-49ff-8b90-e83d495da1a5/B9487D25-84A8-4894-83EB-CF24A3BED2A3_1_105_c.jpeg)
I was learning to jump through a hula hoop. Now I can jump through Loren's arms so we don't need the hoop anymore. This was a class at Ruff House.
![When Loren tells me it's naptime, I just lay down and take a little snooze under my blanket. Loren & I adapted this trick from the one called "Bang! We wanted it cozy, not mean.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cee652477cae536a55a0cf/b6543b1f-dbc0-44fe-a7e9-b846df1cbded/DAACB96B-EFBF-49EF-B437-3A089763C024_1_105_c.jpeg)
When Loren tells me it's naptime, I just lay down and take a little snooze under my blanket. Loren & I adapted this trick from the one called "Bang! We wanted it cozy, not mean.
![I can balance on my back legs. That's one of the reasons that one of my nicknames is Lina Ballerina (the name of this website!)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cee652477cae536a55a0cf/1b5de37a-73b3-4473-86bb-9609fd4cbcc1/24682DD5-918C-40FF-B374-E5ACD7EB36C6_1_105_c.jpeg)
I can balance on my back legs. That's one of the reasons that one of my nicknames is Lina Ballerina (the name of this website!)
![This is a cool challenge. I need to figure out which of the cups has a treat hidden in it.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cee652477cae536a55a0cf/6108fdd6-e111-4101-9d49-a3f4d1b2eb1b/23F9C827-87CF-42A5-B7CE-FD6101F33B5D_1_105_c.jpeg)
This is a cool challenge. I need to figure out which of the cups has a treat hidden in it.
![When Loren points to something and says "Lina, Up" I use it to practice leaping up onto something solid and hold my balance.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cee652477cae536a55a0cf/a01cca6c-c540-404e-b22c-21f347c2e82a/Balancing+on+Rock.jpeg)
When Loren points to something and says "Lina, Up" I use it to practice leaping up onto something solid and hold my balance.
Loren and I spend a lot of time in places where i need to be quiet so I learned to whisper when he asks me to. If you have your volume turned up, you can hear that Iām being very quiet