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Originally Posted by Britster  Nope, zero experience. I never thought that I'd be into training my dog. But when I got him at 9 weeks old and realized how smart he was... I figured I shouldn't put it to waste. He learned sit at 9 weeks old in 2 minutes and I went "wow!" I think he learned down fairly quickly next. And this was all in the first week of me owning him and I just became really interested in teaching him more! I started with saying "paw" too and found that he didn't respond to that word. When I changed it to "shake" he seemed to understand more.
I wanted to add you can get some tiny little treats from Petsmart and they're called "Pet Botanics Training Reward" and they come in a green bag. Jackson loves these and they're little & soft so I can even break them into smaller pieces (but they're already really small). Also, Nature's Recipe has some tiny training treats you can find in a plastic bottle. Usually when it comes to learning a new trick, I try to use little bits of hot dog (I know, unhealthy but it's ONLY a few tiny tiny pieces and for learning new tricks, nothing else). Or pieces of chicken. |
I just want to give you an update....I tried to get Louis to "give me paw" We tried for about 20 mins. He did it a few times, but I think it was a fluke.
Now I am reading this and see that you tried give me paw and changed to "shake", maybe I will have to try that tomorrow. I had some pemmican that Cindy makes, and it is really small pieces, so I used those, but he seemed more interested in food, not "give me paw!"
I will have to check out the treats from Petsmart next time I go. I used tiny pieces of cheese to teach him to sit, maybe I should try that tomorrow. Thanks again for the tips. I will let you know how "shake" goes tomorrow.
