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Once youve mastered the basics of dog training—sit, down, come, stay—you can move on to the fun dog tricks. Teaching your dog to shake, roll over, spin, beg, or take a bow are mentally stimulating for the dog, a good way for you to bond, and reinforce the basic commands. Even a beginner can teach a puppy or adult dog to do fun tricks.
Plus its a lot of fun to train a dog some cool dog tricks to show off for friends!
Bow
It’s most definitely true—you can teach your pup to bow. Before you wrack your brains too hard wondering how this is possible, why don’t I just tell you? Does your pup love a good, long stretch? You can actually turn this into a trick. There’s really no way to do this other than by catching him in the act. Next time your pup goes for a big, long stretch, repeat the command “bow!” once or twice while he’s in action. Make sure your pup knows that you’re talking to him, and isn’t too wrapped up in the business of stretching. Get extremely excited after he’s done this. In fact, praise him loads and give him the odd treat. Even if this trick is a bit slower in the learning department than others, your extreme enthusiasm and endless treats will catch on eventually. (Plus, it makes for a cool party trick at your pup’s next soiree.)
Teaching Your Dog Roll Over or Play Dead
Just like the Play Dead command, teaching your dog to roll over is not a completely necessary trick like “Stay” but a very funny and playful one.
Before we start training your dog the new command, he should already know the command down and sit which will make it a lot easier.
If you haven’t taught this already, I have mentioned the steps below.
Grab some delicious and healthy treats for your dog.
Or if you prefer to rather praise your dog verbally, with a clicker or a toy, this will work just the same.
10 EASY DOG TRICKS IN 10 MINS Promise, they’re easier than you think
So, you’ve decided to get a new puppy and want it to be the smartest dog in town. I must warn you, however, that this title is already taken by my puppy (okay, okay, we’re still working on his paw shake), but let’s take a look at some dog tricks that are quite easy to teach your pup today—and are fun, too! The idea of teaching your puppy a trick (or trick training) may seem a little daunting. After all, puppies can have incredibly short attention spans. However, with a little persistence and a lot of treats, you can most definitely teach your puppy the following tricks in no time: