How to Train a Dog to Shake Hands for New Year's Eve

How to train a dog to shake hands

1. Shake hands

1. Call the dog's name before each feeding, so that the dog is familiar with his name.

2. Take the snacks that the dog likes to eat, let the cat taste it first, then call the dog’s name and issue a handshake command. After issuing the password, hold the dog’s hand and shake it twice, and then give it a small snack As a bonus.

3. After repeating the second step several times, the dog will form a conditioned reflex and learn to shake hands.

Two, New Year's greetings

1. Holding a small piece of dried meat or something the dog usually likes to eat, cooperate with the password "Happy New Year" (or "Bye" and "Thank you"), and put the "bait" in front of its nose at a distance of about 10 cm , at a 45-degree angle, slowly pull up to lure the dog to stand up slowly. If it wants to eat jerky, it will slowly stand up following your gestures.

2. At the beginning, it doesn't matter even if you can stand up for 1 second, and you will definitely stand for longer in the future. Don’t give it jerky right away when you start standing. See if it can stand upright and longer. The longer it stretches, the higher its stability. In order to maintain balance, it will naturally start to make movements. "New Year's greetings" preparations.

3. Some dogs will separate their front paws, even when they go up and down, it doesn’t look like a gesture of goodbye or congratulations. It doesn’t matter, you can help them get their front paws closer together, so that when they get used to standing, their front paws will naturally close together Lean together.

4. Once the dog has stood for a long time, and the front paws are naturally close together, in order to balance the body, and even start to move up and down, it means that your dog has already met the new year.