You’ve got to start somewhere – Introduce your dog to shake a paw
Let’s get down to basics. There are certain basic tricks that your dog should be able to perform for a treat. These tricks just aren’t for yummy treats – they also keep your dog’s mind sharp. Your dog needs to keep learning tricks so he doesn’t get bored. A bored dog equals a destructive dog. And no one wants that. The shake a paw trick is a basic trick that should be one of your dog’s standards that he can pull out when guests come over and he wants to impress them (and, of course, when he wants a treat).
Let’s go over all of the steps you’ll need to over with your dog to master the shake a paw trick. You’ll need a pocket full of treats before you begin and your dog will need to know the “sit” command.
There’s no guideline as to how quickly your dog will pick this trick up. When he does learn the shake a paw trick, be sure to keep practicing it so he remembers how to do it.
