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Choose which dog you are going to train.
- Mutts, Danes and Labs are a good choice for trick dogz
- Other dogz can learn tricks too with time and patience.
First of all you need to sit down and decide what treatz are going to be used for what trickz.
- For example you can decide that when you gesture upwards with a steak treat the dog should walk on his hind legs.
- You can use the cat treatz also if you have catz3.
Teach each dog individually at first.
Teach them either in the kitchen or preferably the playpen
- remember to put up all the toys and other distractions.
Keep an eye on the bottom of the screen where it makes comments to you.
- It will tell you if you just gestured upwards, downwards, etc.
- Practice this awhile when there are no dogz in the room so you can get the hang of it.
- It is easy to gesture the wrong way.
- If you do gesture the wrong way and the dog does the trick he was suppose to do for that gesture reward him anyway - It was your mistake not his.
Gesture and wait for him to do a trick
- if it is not the trick you want then gesture again
- sometimes it takes several times.
When he does it right immediately give him the treat
- After he eats the treat pet him.
- Then have him do it at least three times in a row.
If you have a second dog you can bring in your other dog at this point.
- Gesture again - now the first dog should do the trick - reward him.
- Keep this up - the second dog will generally follow the first dog's example within a few tries.
- Give him the treat when he does - don't forget to also quickly reward the first dog.
- Once the second dog has done the trick once remove the first dog and continue reinforcing the trick.
- Alternate the dogz that get to learn the new tricks first.
Once they are grown and have their own babies they will be great teachers for the babies.
One trick you will want to teach them is to bring the toy to your hand.
- To do this gesture over the toy with the treat of your choice.
- Move you hand away a little bit the dog should bring the toy to you
- This is an easy trick for your dog to learn and most will do it quickly.
- The advantage to this is in teaching your dog to fetch.
- Of course labs have little trouble with this concept.
- Throw the ball (not very hard) and gesture over it as it is moving.
- Then wait for the dog to get in and bring it to you.
- When he does drop the treat and immediatly began petting him - before he picks the treat up. This will help him learn to fetch without the treat later.
Always after a training session give your dog a lot of petting and a bowl of water.

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