is there any way to tell before you start training your dog what kinds of tricks they’ll do well with?

2 Comments

1. jenius.woop says:

   May 13, 2010 at 10:45 am

   Yes, depends what kind of dog you have? Usually larger breeds like Labs, Golden Retrievers etc are very good learners so basically anything! If you got a smaller dog, they tend to have a shorter attention span so teach em tricks in small bursts with treats to keep em keen to learn. Start with the basics, sit, stay, fetch etc, and most dogs can learn ”shake”, ‘roll over’, ‘drop’. If you got a breed like German Shepard then you may want to teach it ”weaving” where you get poles lined up and then they weave through them one by one. Good Luck!
2. Skyhoss says:

   May 13, 2010 at 11:37 am

   find a book on clicker training and or a book on training tricks to your dog.