Train your dog to shake hand with others

Teaching your pet especially dog to shake hands is a great party trick and one that is easily taught. You can even get the kids involved in this training.Most children over the age of 7 years can be taught basic training techniques and in fact many children are more persistent than adults when itcomes to training the family pet
Basic need is ;Patience,1 dog preferably with at least 1 front paw
Small tasty treats that don’t take long to chew (use something high value such as bbq chicken orliver treatsif your dog is hard to motivate, or train when he is feeling hungry)
Just five minutes each day Steps to Teach ‘Shake’hands
Assuming your dog can sit, the first step is to get him in position.
You learn to train your dog to sit in on this blog
2.Hold a treat in your hand and show him the treat (it may be useful to have the remaining treats easy to access in a pouch or pocket), then close your fist over the treat.
3.Hold the treat, in your closed fist close to his foot, about  five cm/2in off the ground.
4.If your dog stands up, ask your dog to sit again.
5.If your dog lifts his paw even a little, or even shifts weight onto the other paw, tell him he is a good boy and give him the treat.6.few dogs will bat at your hand to get the treat, so as soon as this happens open your hand to reveal the treat and tell him ‘good’ or ‘yes’, whatever your signal is for doing the right thing.
7.during this time your other hand should be held out flat to ‘shake. Hand’ when your dog lifts his paw, so you can grab his paw while he takes the treat.
8.Reward him at the spot when he does the correct thing, even if he only lifts his foot a little bit the first time.
9.When he is feeling reliable lifting his paw for a treat, add the word ‘shake hand’.
10.Gradually phase out the treats, so he only gets a treat intermittently once you are sure he knows the trick.Hints and Tips
Just practice for 5-10 minutes every day, any longer and you will both get tired and frustrated.

Always end on a positive note, if you are getting frustrated and your dog is not getting it’, go back to a trick he does know and reward him for that.
Avoid treats that need to be chewed for long periods, or you will spend most of your time watching him eat.
Clicker trainingis another great way to shape behaviors like ‘shake hands’If you have a particularly stubborn dog, this is another way to teach ‘shake’.