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Impress Your Friends With These Easy Dog Tricks
There are many ways that you can use your knowledge of animals to impress your friends. There are lots of great dog tricks that you can teach your dog quickly and easily that will be sure to impress. When you are looking at the various types of dog tricks that you might decide to do, one of the most important things to think about is the way that your dog is going to be obedient to you. With the right combination of treats and praise, you can teach your dog to do just about anything. Therefore, it is first important to look at how to teach them a trick.
If you have a dog, you might already know that there are special treats available for sale that are perfect for doing dog tricks. Just make sure that they are low in calories, so your dog won't get fat, and that you only use the treat when you want your dog to do tricks. Don't give it to your dog at any other time, otherwise your dog will be confused and will not be able to associate correctly the treat with the fact that you want him or her to do a trick.
Sit and Stay
The first trick is not only one of the best, but is a classic and all time favorite. It's the sit and stay routine and exemplifies the fact that your dog has good behavior. The first step to accomplishing this routine is to hold a treat in your hand and then hold your hand above your dog's head. This way, he has to look up to see the treat. While he is looking up, he will be inclined to sit down as a natural reaction. Once he does this say the word "sit". Next, move your hand with the treat to a new position (either forward or backward in the air) so that he has to move forward or backward to see it. He may or may not sit down. If he doesn't, gently push his bottom to the floor and say "sit". Otherwise when he sits down again say "sit". Do this a couple of times and then praise him out loud and give him the treat. Practice this daily. The next thing to do is to move on to "stay" which is a little harder. Start by putting your hand, open palm, in front of his face and verbally say "stay". Then begin to back away. Afterwards, if he stayed even for a little bit, give him the treat and some praise. Continue to practice this until he can stay for longer periods of time.
Bring It Back
Another one that is always fun is to teach your dog to bring something back. This can be a ball, or a stick, or just about anything. Most dogs will do this naturally, so start by throwing something for him to retrieve, and when he brings it back, praise him for it. This should lead to a great game that you can play, and that you can use to train your dog!
About the Author Riche Goldmann is a pet enthusiast and has several pets of his own including a german sheperd, a bichon frise, and a goldfish. He likes to teach his dogs lots of tricks, but also likes to make sure that they are healthy and orders their petmeds from 1800PetMeds. They always give his dogs what they need and PetMeds even offers the generic forms of most prescription drug.
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