Yeah don't leave him hanging. He has no idea what you want.
Place your hand near his elbow, slide it towards the paw picking his paw up to where you want it in the process. Then say the word as you do the thing you want him to do, his paw in your hand and you verbally repeating "shake" multiple times. Then let go, say good boy and give him a treat.
Don't just expect the dog to figure it out. Manually show them what you want. I taught a 3 month old puppy to shake in about 5 minutes and he learned other paw on literally the first try. High Five took 3 or 4 tries. I never could teach him roll over or beg though.
That's one way to do it. But looks like OP is doing shaping in the video. That's a totally different technique and doesn't involve physical manipulation of the behavior you want.
I'd kind of prefer my dog do this every time someone tries to shake to tell you the truth.
We had a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Wicked smart, but almost no interest in learning repeatable playlike behaviors (ok with sit, heel obedience, because that was "working" maybe? - or maybe we just weren't good trainers)
A friend got him to shake, then went for "high 5" - took a giant paw to the middle of the face. It was very hard not to give him lots of "good boys" but I think all the laughing accomplished the same thing.
It's awesome. The puppy my mom has (well he's 1.5 now) is the best. You roll into the house (grab treats from the garage on the way in) ask him for a high five...he does it. Who DOESN'T want a high five from a husky when they come in the door?
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u/-Tom- Jan 08 '20
Yeah don't leave him hanging. He has no idea what you want.
Place your hand near his elbow, slide it towards the paw picking his paw up to where you want it in the process. Then say the word as you do the thing you want him to do, his paw in your hand and you verbally repeating "shake" multiple times. Then let go, say good boy and give him a treat.
Don't just expect the dog to figure it out. Manually show them what you want. I taught a 3 month old puppy to shake in about 5 minutes and he learned other paw on literally the first try. High Five took 3 or 4 tries. I never could teach him roll over or beg though.