How to teach a dog to shake hands?

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How to Teach Your Dog to Shake Hands. Three Parts: Initializing Training Teaching the Verbal Command Polishing the Trick Community Q&A. Teaching your dog to offer their paw to shake is a fun trick that can impress your friends. More importantly, this kind of training can help teach your dog obedience and deepen your bond. read more

Assuming your dog can sit, the first step is to get him in position. Hold a treat in your hand and show him the treat (it may be useful to have the remaining treats easy to access in a pouch or pocket), then close your fist over the treat. read more

Step Seven: Reduce the treats he gets gradually, until he’ll shake your hand on cue with no reward. Don’t forget to treat once in a while to keep the behavior strong! Method Two. Another way to teach this behavior is by physically taking the dog’s paw into your hand. read more