Advice

[W Sibs]

this is silly.. but i need advice on how to teach my pup how to shake hand and high five?

he knows how to do other tricks like

sit

drop

stand

stay

roll over (roll to the left and starting to learn roll to right)

play dead

spin right and left

he knows how to search for treats

stick them up (he sit back and put his paws up)

but he won't shake hands or high five..

[luvsdogs]

It's quite easy. If he's still young enough & lifts his paw as puppies do all you have to do is take the lifted paw gently & add the words you want. I simply use shake hands. If he's no longer doing this, have him sit in front of you & with a food treat in your hand put it to his nose & gently push on the diagonal just under his muzzle. It will put him off balance & he will lift the opposite paw. Do it for both sides. Don't grab his paw if he's really quick. Just put your hand under the paw the 1st few times. Then give it a name.

High 5 is an extention of shake hands. Once he's shaking reliably you need to trick him. When he goes to shake hands, put your hand up in a high 5 motion & lift his paw up like a stop signal. Do both sides. Eventually he'll lift his paw for shake hands with a bent wrist & in a stop signal for high 45.

You can take it a step further & get him to wave. Hold your hand out for a shake hands but don't take it. I wave my hand instead & he should wave for you.

Good luck.

If you want to go further, you can get him to paw at a child's spinning top or toy piano which you can probably get from an op shop or garage sale.

Edited July 10, 2009 by luvsdogs

[luvsdogs]

this is silly.. but i need advice on how to teach my pup how to shake hand and high five?

he knows how to do other tricks like

sit

drop

stand

stay

roll over (roll to the left and starting to learn roll to right)

play dead

spin right and left

he knows how to search for treats

stick them up (he sit back and put his paws up)

but he won't shake hands or high five..

Is this what I call beg or the Americans sitting pretty? How old is he? If he's younger that 1 yr I woudn't get him to do this until his birthday. It's not good for growing backs.

[W Sibs]

It's quite easy. If he's still young enough & lifts his paw as puppies do all you have to do is take the lifted paw gently & add the words you want. I simply use shake hands. If he's no longer doing this, have him sit in front of you & with a food treat in your hand put it to his nose & gently push on the diagonal just under his muzzle. It will put him off balance & he will lift the opposite paw. Do it for both sides. Don't grab his paw if he's really quick. Just put your hand under the paw the 1st few times. Then give it a name.

High 5 is an extention of shake hands. Once he's shaking reliably you need to trick him. When he goes to shake hands, put your hand up in a high 5 motion & lift his paw up like a stop signal. Do both sides. Eventually he'll lift his paw for shake hands with a bent wrist & in a stop signal for high 45.

You can take it a step further & get him to wave. Hold your hand out for a shake hands but don't take it. I wave my hand instead & he should wave for you.

Good luck.

If you want to go further, you can get him to paw at a child's spinning top or toy piano which you can probably get from an op shop or garage sale.

awesome.. thanks!

yeah, i want to teach him how to wave hello and good bye.. and i was told, start with shaking hands first

only he won't let me have his paw! haha

[W Sibs]

Is this what I call beg or the Americans sitting pretty? How old is he? If he's younger that 1 yr I woudn't get him to do this until his birthday. It's not good for growing backs.

really? I didn't know that!

i'll stop telling him to do that then...

thanks for the heads up

[luvsdogs]

You're welcome. It also goes for jumping, weaving, crawling, not good for their growing bones & joints. I just remembered you taught him to spin, also not a good idea until older.

[W Sibs]

You're welcome. It also goes for jumping, weaving, crawling, not good for their growing bones & joints. I just remembered you taught him to spin, also not a good idea until older.

what if he does those things on his own?

[luvsdogs]

You're welcome. It also goes for jumping, weaving, crawling, not good for their growing bones & joints. I just remembered you taught him to spin, also not a good idea until older.

what if he does those things on his own?

That's ok, as long as he's not forced to do them. Tilba used to jump up on the furniture & we have a 1/2 wall from the room she sleeps in to the loungeroom. On a few occasions she even jumped over it. I had to put barricades to stop her.

[W Sibs]

You're welcome. It also goes for jumping, weaving, crawling, not good for their growing bones & joints. I just remembered you taught him to spin, also not a good idea until older.

what if he does those things on his own?

That's ok, as long as he's not forced to do them. Tilba used to jump up on the furniture & we have a 1/2 wall from the room she sleeps in to the loungeroom. On a few occasions she even jumped over it. I had to put barricades to stop her.

no, tricks are for fun. the basic commands are what we really work on (the sit, stay, drop etc)

although i love watching him roll over.. LOL

charlie is a jumper too. consider that he is a tiny dog.. he jumps very very high. we had baby gates to stop him coming into the living room when we were out... he jumped it over easy. we put the gate away now, there is no use of it..