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Welcome to 

The Ruff Life Advanced Training

TEACHING YOUR DOG TO

CROSS THEIR PAWS

 

This is a really fun trick! Once your dog is good at the one paw touch, it is time to expand on that. Make sure you set aside some time in a quiet location for your dog to learn this trick.
**If your dog already knows RIGHT and LEFT paw... you can also use that to help you get them to paw target the correct paw! Have patience with this one!!! 

Image by Chris Arock

MAGIC HAND

 

By doing something as simple as teaching our dogs to catch their treat/food.... we can get them to pay close attention to us. They will also naturally place their own body in the best heel position.

MIDDLE COMMAND WITH MOVEMENT

The "Middle" Command is an amazing trick. It gets your dog to WANT to pay attention to you. It also can be used as an emergency recall or you can advance it with getting your dog to move with you, or even get them to put their paws on your feet. 😍

This video will help you advance your Middle trick. 

 



PS. You can use a different word other than Middle if you would like! 

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Image by 2 Bro’s Media

ANOTHER WAY TO GET YOUR DOG TO NOSE TARGET

If your dog was struggling with the way we taught nose target, here is a different approach. 

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ADVANCING THE NOSE TARGET/TOUCH

Tatjana and Copper show off their skills. Once your dog is good with touching your hand, try putting a sticky note on your hand and then to advance it.... put the sticky note on a cupboard door. 

Remind me what I've 

learned 

NEVER STOP LEARNING, BECAUSE LIFE NEVER STOPS TEACHING.

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