Quote Originally Posted by Husky_mom
with some dogs just placing my hand palm side up flat and ask "dame la pata" which is "give the paw" they paw.......with some I had to "pat" the inside of the leg of the paw i wanted to be given and as they lifted it i grabbed it and said the vocal command..........
The command I use with Anita for this is "dame la manita" or just "manita" (that means hand in spanish) because her front paws always seemed to be hands for me
Anyways, what I did to teach her this is very similar to what you said, Isabel. I didn't need treats here, only verbal praise. Once she learnt how to give one paw, I started trying with the other one. She now knows which paw I want by the hand palm I place.

I think I have a few pics of Anita giving the paw, I'll try to find them.