
Use food-reward luring to guide your dog's movements and teach tricks with ease and fun. Fade the lure early to avoid distraction, especially for balance tricks like sit pretty.
Learn to use a target stick to teach dog tricks without a food lure, improve focus, and master coordinating the stick with a clicker.
Reinforce the base position with attention and stillness to set the foundation. After five correct responses, keep sessions short and use rewards to improve balance and confidence in the position.
Build your dog's attention in a stand with a treat lure, practice wide to tight spins, then cue spin verbally with a subtle hand signal.
learn a paw target and other tricks beyond the traditional methods; teach your dog a solid target, then practice moves like march wave and cross paths.
Master paw shake training by using a treat in a transparent container to click and treat for paw moves, then raise the target and alternate right and left hand signals.
Master the bow trick in tricks level 1 by introducing a handler-initiated cue, avoiding rewards for a down, and choosing distinct verbal cues that don’t resemble down.
Train the bow by maintaining a base stand with attention, using a treat between the front paws and rapid fire click and treat to build duration toward standing.
Learn how to teach the crawl as a foundation behavior to build distance and provide a starting point for other tricks.
Break tricks into small steps and use stimulus control so the dog performs the base position only when asked, with five to ten minute daily sessions and seated training.
This course is designed to teach you how to clicker train your dog to perform 8 cute tricks. Polish your clicker training skills and have fun with your dog. Learn from highly qualified clicker training instructors and see why clicker training is the fastest and most enjoyable way to teach your dog. This foundation tricks class will provide you with the necessary skills to teach more advanced behaviors in the future and can also help you build skills for other dog sports, including agility.