My dog can do that trick too. Here are the instructions for how I taught it.
Uses : Great for teaching a flyball Swimmers Turn/ Also to teach your dog to go around a piece of agility equipment
Equipment Needed : Motivating Dog Toy and or food, obstacle
Step 1. Take out your obstacle, (I used a cone) preferably something of a good size, could even be a bucket, small bin, cardboard box, (but not a can, too small). Place the obstacle out in the open. Dog is off lead.
Step 2. If you are going to teach the dog to go around clockwise, stand facing the object, put out your left hand extended from your body and using the lure, get the dog to follow it around the cone.
Step 3. Once the dog is doing this, start to fade the lure. I have found that I lured my dog with the toy, as he came around the cone I faced the opposite direction to him and threw the toy. You can use food for a non toy motivated dog.
Step 4. Keep giving the hand signal, add your cue word "around" and then throw the toy once the dog has come around the cone. Start working further and further away from the cone. Once the dog can do it from six feet away go to the next step.
Step 5. If you want tight corners, you can start adding the object into the corner. So the dog has to do a tight turn and builds muscle memory.
This took me about 1 week to teach my dog, with one 5 minute session a day.
ADVANCED
I then took my dog inside, and put him in the rumpus room and held him and looked at the clothes horse and said "Around" and he went around. So you can start trying it out with other objects as well and greater distances.
I found this trick at
http://www.k9station.com/turns2.htm and found it has more uses than just teaching a swimmers turn.
I also taught my dogs high five. Your high five photo is very cute.
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