Yes! Taught "paw"

    • Gold Top Dog

    Yes! Taught "paw"

    I taught Bailey "paw" tonight in about 10 minutes!  I am so proud of her!
    I was C/T for any time she hit my hand with her paw.. 
    The only problem is she tries to grab onto my arm with her mouth while she is pawing at me...   It is an excited thing, not aggressive...  Any suggestions?
     
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    Once she's doing the exercise repeatedly, withhold the click for the more obnoxious uses of her mouth, then only click for the mouthless responses, until you can get her to completely stop using her mouth at all.  Use the cue "paw" or "shake" only with the perfect responses.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Lucky you.  I still haven't gotten the pom to give me his paw.

    He will put his paw on what I tell him to, (or kick what I tell him to) but that is as far as I have gotten.  Zeus picked it up in a nano second.

    Congrats to the smart pooch!