Owning a dog is an important responsibility and one aspect of
that responsibility is training. Obviously, house training is
vital and you also want to teach your dog the difference between
inappropriate and appropriate behavior. For example, dogs might
make a mess of the garbage or chew your shoes so training them
that this is wrong becomes very important. On the other hand,
training is a great way to bond with your dog and, more
specifically, learning tricks can be a fun way to get closer to
your dog. Here are the top tricks and some tips for teaching
your dog. - Shake a Paw Shake a paw is of course, one of the
oldest tricks that dog owners teach their dogs and its quite
simple for dogs to learn. Simply have your dog sit and say the
command “shake a paw.” At this point, you should take their paw
into your hand and hold it while you say “good shake.” Let go of
their paw and repeat. If you repeat this command several times
every day your dog will eventually learn to shake when he hears
the command. After you’v