How to Train a Dog to Give you High Five

Training a Dog is easy and fun.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• You
• A dog

1. Dogs loved to be rubbed for praise. I don't personally use treats to get my dog to do tricks, but every dog and owner is different.

2. When ever my dog wanted me to rub his tummy I would bend down and rub his tummy. Then I got the idea to started telling him to give me a high five, and I would grab his paw and tap it to my hand. I did that every day for weeks.

3. Again I would bend down to rub his tummy and I would say, "High five" and tap his paw on my hand. Then I would say, "Good Boy" in a high pitch voice. Dogs know praise by the pitch of your voice too.

4. Finally when he understood high five well enough. I taught him to jump up on to legs and give me the a high five like a person. Repetition and praise is a major key for any pet training.

5. My family love to get a High Five from our dog Brownie.

Tips & Warnings

• High pitch voice is a good form of praise for your dog.
• Rubbing is another form of praise.
• Treats work the best, but are not always needed.
• I am not a professional pet trainer but I have trained a lot of pets.

[Delaplane]

on 3/31/2009 I like that you don't rely on treats. Great ideas.

[OBigDaddyO]

on 1/15/2009 I'll let my son read this. It'll be better than when he tried to teach our mini doxie to jump off the ironing board. Thanx!

[ermabombeck]

on 1/7/2009 Can I teach this to my bunny? How cool!

[FrazzledNanny]

on 1/7/2009 Thanks for the tips. My youngest daughter is always trying to teach our dog new tricks.

[530shasta]

on 1/7/2009 I'm going to try this with my dog Jack. Thanks for the great tips!