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Teaching Your Dog to Shake

One of the easiest dog tricks! Very useful when meeting new people. You can build on this behavior to a hi-five and a wave.

 

  1. get your dog’s attention in a sit.
  2. say "shake".
  3. reach down and lift his paw physically, pause,
  4. then give him a treat while holding his paw
  5. say "good shake, good shake".
  6. release his paw and repeat.

 

That's easy.