How to Teach a Dog to Shake Hands
Treat your dog to get his focus. Please let your dog sniff the reward in your closed palm to establish its
presence.
1 Get Dog's Attention
When your dog wants the treat, say "Shake" or "Paw." with your palm up.
2 Lending
Your other hand should softly lift or tap your dog's paw. Your hand may cause certain dogs to elevate their paw.
3 Increase Paw Mo
vement
Praise and treat your dog when their paw meets yours. Positive reinforcement is needed for training.
4 Reward
Repeat this pattern until your dog can elevate their paw without your help when you offer your hand and give the order.
5 Repeat
If your dog always extends their paw, say "Shake" or "Paw" before giving your hand.
6 Spoken Cue
Practise the command in different contexts and with distractions to teach your dog.
7 Generalise
Brief, frequent workouts engage your dog and encourage behaviour.
8 Practice reg
ularly
Keep commands and rewards consistent to avoid confusion. Keep rew
arding good dog conduct.
9 Consistency
Train your dog patiently and enjoyably. Dogs learn at different rates.
10 Patience
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