Teach Your Dog To Shake Hands
Is there any dog owner out there who has
not thought about teaching your dog to shake hands with you and others?
Probably you already have, and this is such a simple trick for any breed
of dog to learn it is a great starting point for further training.
Those who are first time dog owners may not be aware of how easy
teaching your dog to shake hands really is, so below are the simple
steps for teaching Max how to shake hands with you and others.
When you begin, you need to make a couple
of decisions before starting the training. One is which paw you want
the dog to learn to shake with. Most people go with the dog learning to
shake with his or her right paw as the vast majority of humans are right
handed. Next you will need to pick the one word command for the dog to
learn. As expected most people use “shake” as their command word but
another option is “paw” and “hand” for those who like things different.
Begin by having the puppy or adult dog
sit in front of you and reach down lifting the paw of choice. A word of
caution is due here: dogs do not like their feet/paws messed with, so
when you lift the paw be gentle, and in a soothing, gentle voice give
the command word while shaking the dog’s paw up and down slightly.
With practice and repetition the dog will
quickly learn what the command word means and the behavior you expect.
To get things off to a fast start you always want to praise the dog and
slip him a tasty treat as he is learning this trick.
Once you have your dog shaking hands with
the right foot you can move on to teaching him to use his left paw by
using the same training method but change the command word to “left paw
shake” or something similar.
It is very normal for a dog who has
learned to shake hands with people to expect most strangers he meets to
shake his paw. Dogs are very intelligent and yearn to please their
owners, as well as friends of the family, so he or she may surprise
someone you know when they enter your home and the dog comes up to them
and offers his paw.
As you can see teaching your dog to shake hands is quite easy and a great starting point for further trick training.
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