

He may try barking, nuzzling, or doing nothing. INSTEAD OF PAWING AT MY HAND, MY DOG NOSES IT.īop his nose a little to discourage this. Chain these behaviors together to alternate “shake” and “paw” in quick succession.a aww Practice a couple of times per day, and always leave off on a high note. WHAT TO EXPECT: Any dog can learn this trick, and it’s always an endearing gesture. Repeat these steps on the opposite side to teach “paw.” When your dog paws your extended hand, support his paw in the air while you reward him with the treat from behind your back.Ĥ. Stand up and hold the treat in your left hand, behind your back, and extend your right hand while cuing “shake.” Gradually raise the height of your hand, upping the ante, until he is lifting his paw to chest height.ģ. Encourage your dog to paw at it by saying “get it” and “shake.” Reward your dog with the treat the moment his left paw comes off the ground.Ģ. With your dog sitting before you, hide a treat in your right hand, low to the ground. When shaking hands, your polite pooch raises his paw to chest height, allowing guests to shake his paw. Let’s get started teaching these traditional favorites! Retrievers will no doubt fetch before they are out of puppyhood, and hyper dogs will be excited to proffer a paw when encouraged to “shake.”

Is your dog vocal? It should be simple for you to elicit a bark, associate it with a cue, and reward it. They capitalize on dogs’ natural behaviors by associating familiar actions with verbal cues. The tricks in this chapter have withstood the test of time for a reason: they are simple to teach and easy to learn. Regardless of a lack of titles after his name, a dog who falls to the ground on the command of “bang” or offers a polite paw to his guests will be top dog among your friends! These tricks are expected of dogs and it is your task, possibly even your duty, to teach them to your clever canine. these useful, useless, and always charming tricks have been around since cavemen first shared their bones with wolves.

Shaking head yes (Do you want treats? Do you like ? Are you a good dog?)Īlso have heard "What do the girls at do?" For the same one, rolling over on their back.Fetch, shake, speak, and play dead. Shaking head no(You could use this for all kinds of funny questions.do you like[least favorite sports team, political figure, etc)? Do you want a bath? Do you like cats? And so on.) Leg hiking(What do boy dogs do? What do bad dogs do? What do you think of ? Haha.a training funny here.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CESAR MILAN?) Other cute/funny tricks.haha, thanks Tigerlily! ^^īeg-Stick 'em up!(beg with both paws in the air), Who wants treats?Īre you shy?-HIDE!, TAKE COVER!, Gotta headache? Really cute if you have a hound breed, since they have a throaty, deep bay.like a country singer crooning, lol!)īack up-No creative ideas here.have to think about that one for a while. Howl-"Fido likes country music." (use hand signal for cue, maybe. (my dog is getting all corrupted):msngiggle: For speak, i say, "Wanna beer?" For beg, i say, "Wanna girlfriend?" It is almost enuff to choke you up, lotta soulful howling going on from Buddy that night. He wont' start singing without it.:dognowink:ĪDorabley, he does his best howls when his 'daddy' is out of town. So if i ask him to sing the blues, he just goes to stand by the speakers to wait for his song.he actually stares at the speaker, with his nose touching it.waiting, staring at it. Unfortunately, Buddy won't sing acapella, and has to have music as well.

A heartwrenching, chin WAY up, standing on his toe-tips, howl, oh he really belts it out. So she would ask her dog if he was a boy dog, he shakes his head no!!Īnd she'd ask her dog, "What do boy dogs do?" and he'd lift his leg!įor sing, i ask Buddy if he'll sing the blues? He howls for that. Also taught her dog to shake his head no. Tx_cowgirl, explained some tricks she used cute cues for.had me in stitches!!! She'd taught her dog to lift his leg on cue. Overtime, i'll probably have to come up with a new question. Oh i love this kinda stuff, adding HUMOR into dog tricks!!
