Teaching Dog Tricks

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Don’t you wish your puppy dog knows to go back when asked for, that may be such a cool dog trick and handy especially you have guests and friends over who are not very comfortable with dogs. I do not know why they are but here is a quick solution for you. The following steps will train your dog to go back on command at home even for free.

Practicing ‘go back’ command in a narrow place may help your puppy to learn easier. Stand facing to your dog or puppy start walking toward him and saying ‘go back’ Your dog will want to move and get out of your way and start walking backwards praise your puppy and give a small treat. Read the rest of this entry »

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Every dog owner likes to be proud of their puppy dog, These advanced dog tricks will make your best friend to look like a star in front of everyone while making him or her happier. Having a play time after your dog obedience training helps you and your dog to relax even more and enjoy the successful training sessions. Below are some of the advanced dog tricks you can teach quickly at home:

How to Teach your dog to Roll over?

After Mastering ‘Lie Down’ command it is easier to teach ‘Rollover’ command for you and your dog.  Ask your dog to lie down on belly and praise cheerfully and reward your dog with a small treat. Ask your dog to ‘Rollover’ and then take a treat in your hand let your dog smell it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Image if your dog waving at you, that will be an awesome dog trick to show off your dog’s skills and also make him or her happier as well. To train your dog to wave is very simple after your dog masters the shake hands command. If he or she is not ready yet, do not worry just ready our article on training your dog on how to shake hands on demand. If your dog has not already learn dog obedience training command ‘sit’, you should start from teaching ‘sit’ after mastering ‘sit’ then training for ‘shake hands’ might be easier to teach.

After mastering ‘Shake Hands’ ‘Shake’ command, you can teach how to ‘Wave’ to your dog. Ask your dog ‘shake hands’ command to your dog, reach down to take your dog’s paw but do not touch the paw. Read the rest of this entry »

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Teaching your dog how to shake hands might be a good idea because dogs are extremely social animals. Most dogs love being with people. This trick will help them contact with people easily.

If your dog has not already learn dog obedience training command ‘sit’, you should start from teaching ‘sit’ after mastering ‘sit’ then training for ‘shake hands’ might be easier to teach.

Ask your dog to sit, reward them when your dog sits, your dog must be sitting nicely, sloppy sits may not work with this exercise. Putting a flat collar on your dog might help at the beginning of this trick. Ask your dog to ‘shake a paw’ ‘shake’ ‘shake hands’ whichever you want to use in the future then gently pull your dog’s flat collar to the left then praise your dog and watch their weights shift off their front paw release the collar and reward them. Ask your dog to ‘shake hands’ gently pull your dog collar to the left again, while still pulling on the collar lift the right paw of your dog and say ‘shake hands, good dog’. You should be able to easily lift their paw because their weight is on the other paw. Read the rest of this entry »

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Every dog owner likes to be proud of their puppy dog, Once a while showing off with the cool dog tricks may even make life happier for you and your best friend. Having a play time after your dog obedience training helps you and your dog to relax and enjoy the successful learning sessions. Here is one of the common and easy to teach dog trick at home. Make your dog or puppy to show their love with A KISS.

How to teach your dog to Kiss?

Let’s accept the facts, Most dogs love licking people so ‘kiss’ command should be one of the easiest trick to teach because of their nature.For this cool dog trick, timing is very important. Every time your dog, puppy licks your face say enthusiastically ‘give me a kiss, good dog, give me a kiss’ your dog will learn ‘give me a kiss’ quickly. If your dog is not a licker type then you can use a simple trick. Put some peanut butter on your face and say ’give me a kiss, good dog, give me a kiss’.  Praise your dog cheerfully after every kiss and you may give little dog treat. Your dog will eventually learn how to kiss you.

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Who does not want to play fetch with their dog, it’s one of the most fun activities you can do with your dog while giving her or him a proper daily exercise. This type of exercise builds the bonding relationship with your dog stronger and makes your puppy or dog happier. Especially the retriever dog types have this instinct to fetch the items you can throw. Naturally golden or labrodor retriever dog breeds are one of the most successful ones with this game.

How to Teach Your Dog or Puppy to Fetch?

Every dog needs to have exercise daily and making exercise fun will help you and your dog to have healthier and happier life. Some dog breeds are really energetic and even you walk and run with them they might still have more energy than you so teaching your dog ‘fetch’ will help your dog to release more energy. Tennis ball is perfect for fetch; they are small, easy to carry in their mouths. Cut narrow lane on a tennis ball and put some treats in the ball. Showing your dog the treats while putting them in the ball might be a great idea. Give one of the treat to your dog to set the expectation. Throw the ball and go with your dog at the beginning, get the ball and give your dog the treat. If your dog touches and brings the ball to you say’ good fetch’ cheerfully and happily and give the treat. Tennis ball might be big for some breeds you be able to also use plastic small balls instead of a tennis ball. After practicing ‘fetch’ ten times, your dog will know there is a treat in the ball. Since your dog wants the treat, he will go and get it for you. Some dog breeds naturally do and love fetching which is easier to teach them.

After your dog learns fetch give always little treat, eventually your dog learns to get the ball without even having a treat from the ball. Check out the following dog obedience training information to improve your dog’s training at home for free.

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Don’t you wish that your dog how to speak to you or answers you back with verbal tones, that will make it life so much more fun and easier. While teaching him a cool trick such as how to speak that would be very nice to teach another which will entertain him physically to have a happier and healthier life. Playing fetching with your best friend will be also a great daily exercise for a longer life.

How to Teach Your Dog to Speak?

If your dog barks when the doorbell rings or someone knocks at the door, use the following method to train your dog how to ‘speak’ command. You may not want to teach your dog ‘speak’ if your dog has already having trouble with excessive barking because while teaching your dog ‘speak’ you are actually encouraging your dog to bark.

Ask your dog to ‘speak’ when your dog barks the doorbell or knocks, praise your dog cheerfully and say ‘good speak’ Practice couple times a day and your dog will learn bark when you say ‘speak’.

If your dog does not barking to doorbell or when somebody knocks on the door then ask your dog to ‘speak’ wave and squeak your dog’s favorite toy but don’t let your dog have it, after one or two minutes your dog will become frustrated not having the toy and your dog will bark at you. When your dog barks say ‘good speak’ Praise enthusiastically and reward your dog with a small dog treat. After these methods if your dog still not speaking you need to find what triggers your dog to bark so you can use that to teach your dog to ‘speak’ Remember it takes time, consistency and love to teach new tricks to your dog. This dog trick is one of the favorite dog obedience training you can teach your puppy at home easily and very quickly.

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