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Originally Posted by MaxYorkieBear  I did a lot of reading on google when I first started teaching Lilo.  when we taught her to shake I would hold my hand out and use my other hand to hold the treat over my other open palm. Usually when I did this Lilo would put both her front paws on my hand to reach for the treat, then I would just grasp one paw say "good shake" then treat her. there are are many variations on how to teach shake. I would look on you tube for tutorial ideos until you find the one that works best for Bear and you. |
Thanks for responding. It sounds like you're a great trainer with a great dog! Sophie and Ziggy know sit and come, and a few words like eat, treat, outside, ball, get your toy and maybe a few more words and phrases. I'm going to start working with them more now too. I taught my Labs give me your paw, instead of shake, but it's the same concept. They know many tricks and learned so fast. Good idea about the you tube videos, I don't know why I didn't think of that! I'm also going to go to the library tomorrow and check out some books and videos. Thanks again!