Teaching "Bow" and other misc tricks

[Jessika]

Oh wow those are great ideas, thanks guys.

I don't know if I want to do the 'uh oh' with her sitting or laying. It would be easier to do laying down because her paws would be free.

I'll work with her more tomorrow with some of the suggestions you've given me. I want to make sure she gets one trick down before working on another so she doesn't get confused. I'll do 'bow' first though. Thanks so much guys!

[Kfamr]

To add, I'm not sure how you do your training sessions but it helped a lot if I did about 5 minutes one day, 10 minutes the next, and then another 5 minutes the next. Also, finding something that REALLY motivates her is key.
It's different for every dog. For Kiara, it's tennis balls or just for me. For Simba, it's cheese. For Nala it's anything food related!

I usually put the other dogs away and wait until everyone is either asleep or gone. They seem to concentrate more on me and what i'm saying with no one else around. Then once they get the hang of it they do it with others around.

[tz1]

you have to show us some pictures when you get the tricks to work

[buttercup132]

When I taught my dogs how to bow I did it the way I wanted LOL. That's actually the way I teach my dogs all their silly tricks and they do fine. Basically, I do whatever I can to get them in the position I want and hold them there while I go nuts saying "GOOD *Insert trick here*!!! YAY!!"

thats how i tought my dog to do it too!!