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Originally Posted by jackson
oops! Sorry, cross post!
Command or trick it is irrelevant. Part of teaching any command is that you also teach the dog not to do it without being asked.
I personally do not teach my dogs to 'paw' because I don't see the need. My husband like to teach them 'paw' to ask for a treat, whereas I prefer them to sit or stand for a treat. They have never offered me their paw.
I also teach my dogs to jump up on command. However, they are not allowed to jump up without being given the command, and never do so, as they know to do it without the command is not rewarding.
For fun I also teach them to commando crawl, balance on their back legs like a meercat and sit up in the 'begging' position. All for fun and bonding. Again, they never do it without the behaviour being requested.  |
You are very lucky that your dogs are so well trained, and for that I admire you greatly,
The was an incident locally to us ( a long time ago) where a little girl had almost lost her eye because a dog had caught her in the eye (offering it's paw) in the eye. Big dogs hurt when they paw you, and I don't think it is something that 'serious' trainers would 'really' want to teach, Do you?
regards
Sue