Sarah Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Teaching this trick is good for doggy PR because it can give your dog an opportunity to greet people instead of jumping all over them. It is so cute! To perform this trick your dog must be able to raise a paw in the air while staying stationery. 1. Start with your dog in a Sit/Stay and move a few steps away from him. Go back every few seconds for a full minute to reward your dog for not following you.( If your dog already knows sit/stay you can eliminate this step) 2. Standing in front of your dog, ask for his paw, and click and treat him for giving it to you. Do this several times in a row. 3. Take a step away from your dog and ask for his paw. Click and treat the slightest effort to raise his paw without trying to move towards you. You may need to reward him for staying for a few repititions before he will remain in position and lift his paw. 4. As your dog raises his paw to place it in your outstretched hand, start fading this cue by removing your hand quickly. Click and treat your dog for swiping the air. 5. Repeat this step until your dog starts raising his paw when he sees your outstretched hand. 6. As your dog starts to offer swiping the air readily without moving forward, you can begin to verbally label this new behaviour Wave. 7. Change the hand signal to an actual wave by changing the position of your hand from an outstretched palm to a waving hand. Offer the new cue (the waving hand) right before the old cue (the outstretched hand). Gradually fade out the old cue until your dog is performing the behaviour when you are waving at him. 8. Add in distractions and practice in new places until the behaviour is reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 will start tryin this 2morrow, taz is a horror for jumping up ppl , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 that be so cool to teach Bandit can sort of do it with his "Automatic Paw giving" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Yeah gonna work on this with my 2 and see if i can eventually get a video of them doing it would be so cute lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 that would be great! You could get them to wave hello and goodbye, that would be so cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyrayn Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 nice one sarah..... thats great info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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