Teaching "Bow" and other misc tricks

[slleipnir]

The way I taught mine to bow was by putting my arm under their belly while standing..then telling them down...Mine caught on quick and I change the word to "bow"

I taught Zeke "bang bang" in this way:
First of all, he knows the hand sign for lay down. (I put my hand the air) so I said "bang bang" and put my hand in the air at the same time..he would lay down then I would gently push him to the side...for the first while I had to say "Zeke..you're dead" after bang bang to get him on his side...cause he would just lay down.

Speak is really easy to teach too..so is sit pretty.

What do your dogs love? Josie will do anything for food. All I need is treats and she'll do anything. Zeke loves praise and attention. He'll do anything for "Good boy!!" and loves of hugs and love. Whatever your dogs like most, use it and they'll work really hard to learn whatever

[Jessika]

SHE DID IT!!!

I'd almost given up but go figure, her dad comes home from work and makes pizza, and she's all about doing it. Sometimes she lays down all the way though, so I still have to hold my arm under her butt but the point being is that she does it now without me having to pull her front legs forward yay!!!

[Vette]

My dog bows on his own quite a bit,, so never had the need to teach him it.
but im trying to teach him how to SMILE yet.. so far.. now luck. LOL

but he knows how to speak,, sit,, come, achoo(has trouble with that one sometimes though) and twirl.

but i guess those are mostly basic commands though.

he will do all the tricks his knows(or trys to. LOL) mainily he'll just speak without me giving him any commands when i look at him for anymore then more then a second or two.

i danno how he picked that up. i guess he got impaitent waiting for me to give him a cammand or something. LOL

but he'll do the the stuff he knows for either treats or cuddle or two. doesnt matter to him either way. i think he just loves to make me laugh.

[Jessika]

He probably has learned your body language and knows what to look for when you want him to do a trick!

[Jessika]

As promised, a picture!!



I'm gonna work on 'bow' for maybe another week or so then start on something else

[k9krazee]

Awww!! Great job Jamie!!!!!