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Originally Posted by bradyem  Hey--I'm trying to find a thread about teaching your dog tricks? Can't find anything==even in search. Anyone have any clues?? |
Hi ya, I did an advanced search of just the training thread with trick* as the search word and came up with quite a few entries one that looked promising is:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...ighlight=trick
Just try googling dog tricks for some inspiration.
As for him just sitting there looking at you funny you could try "shaping". Which FirstYorkie can probably describe better than me. It's a clicker training technique - tho clicking is not a pre-requisite - it's just a neat way to think about training. I LOVE clicker training and there are some really good books available on how to click - but training classes are really good. There are some really good threads on here on how to click I used to have them bookmarked but I've lost them
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Don't forget he won't know what any commands mean til you show him what you want. Sadly they don't speak the same language as us.