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How to train my jack russell puppy to shake (hand)?

I have this female jack russell puppy who is about 1 year old. I want to train her how to shake hand but it does not seem to work. I went to youtube to see the training videos but they do not work. When i hold my treat, she sits down and i shake her hand and i say “shake” , then later i praise her and give her the treat. I am not sure if it is the right thing to do but it does not seem to work. I do the same thing for about 10 times but she still does not know how to shake. Please guide me. She only knows how to Sit. Or is it still too early to teach her to shake?

I tried to teach my dog the same way you are and it didn’t work either. Here is the method that worked for my dog:
1) With your right hand, reach his right paw, and with one finger, tickle the hollow behind his paw (most dogs are ticklish there).

2)As he lifts his paw slightly, tell him, “Fido, Shake!” Touch his paw with your hand, and praise and reward him.

At your next training session, repeat all five steps. Be consistent with the training. Have a few sessions everyday until she is consistently doing the trick every time you ask. Then you can reduce the number of training sessions if you wish.

Your goal is to teach your dog to lift his paw toward your hand when he hears “Fido, Shake,” so watch for him to begin lifting his paw toward your hand as you reach toward him. When he does, offer him a jackpot reward: more treats, enthusiastic praise, and some petting. At each subsequent training session, withhold the rewards for a second or two until he is reaching toward your hand a little more each time.

Offering the Other Paw
When your dog will shake hands (and paws!) well each time you ask, reaching that paw out toward your hand, you can then teach him to offer the Other Paw. When alternated with the shake trick, this makes your dog look very smart. People will be amazed that he knows the difference!

You will train this trick exactly as you did Shake, except reverse hands and paws. You will reach with your left hand toward your dog’s left paw. Follow the same training steps; most dogs pick this up very quickly. As you train this trick, do not train Shake at the same time; you will confuse your dog. Instead, drop the Shake while training the Other Paw.

Here is a website with more tricks: http://www.loveyourdog.com/tricks2.html I have used a lot of these methods to train my Havanese and they work very well.

It’s never to early to train your dog. It is a great bonding experience between the two of you and can help prevent behavioral problems from developing in a dog. I started training my dog when he was 4 months old; first in basic obedience then in tricks. He is 1 year & 9 months now and knows stay, come, sit, leave it, lie down, shake, other paw, rollover, dance (he twirls on his hind legs), walk on 2 legs, play dead, which one? (see above website), go back, turn around, beg, kiss, low 5 (sits then gives a ‘high 5′ with either paw depending on which hand you hold up) and high 5 (jumps and touches your hand with both front paws). We’re currently working on take a bow.

**Make sure you are using treats that your dog absolutely LOVES and that the ONLY time she gets these particular treats is when she does the trick. This will help a lot!**

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