“On Trust” and “Paid For” for is one of the oldest dog tricks that has been offering as much excitement as anything a dog can do since the early 1900s. It’s an excellent trick to teach your Portuguese Podengo. It is not the easiest trick to be learned but it can be built on and shown in several various forms to impress many people.
To teach your Portuguese Podengo this trick, call him to you, permitting him to stand up or sit down, as he needs, and hold his head stable with one hand, while you hold a snack on his nose.
Teach your Portuguese Podengo the “on trust” trick
State to him, “On trust, on trust,” steadying and restraining his head from swaying using 1 hand and holding up an intimidating finger with the other and repeating the words, “On trust, on trust”.
Teach your Portuguese Podengo the “paid for” trick
Next, let go of his head, stating “paid for,” and give him a little nudge under the chin. This will cause him to toss the snack up and catch it. Naturally, in his earlier efforts he will not have the ability to capture the snack, but he ought to be enabled to eat the treat after it hits the floor.
It’s a fantastic trick for your Portuguese Podengo
Constant repeating of this training will produce effectiveness. Gradually you need to stop restraining his head with your hand and allow him to stabilize the snack on his nose until you say “Paid for.”
He can likewise be taught to hold the snack in between his teeth and to not swallow it till told to do so. This trick can be made more impressive by holding a conversation with your Portuguese Podengo. For instance, you may say: “Friend, old man, here is a really delicious treat, but it is ‘on trust.'”
Slightly highlight the word “trust” and then say: “I am pleased you dislike eating things on trust, but this I have just found out has been ‘paid for,'” stressing the words “paid for.”
Your Portuguese Podengo can likewise be taught to toss the snack upon hearing a specific number. To teach this, balance it on his nose and hold his head while you count clearly and intentionally, one, two, three, and after that touch him under the chin. Before he has actually learned the technique he will toss it up as frequently at one, two, four, as he will at 1, 2, 3, however he should be drilled until he will not toss it until he hears “three.” It will make it easier for him if you slightly emphasize the “3” word.
After a while you can utilize lots of combinations of numbers and he will wait until he hears the stressed “three.” While training him don’t make him wait too long prior to you state “three,” and enable him to eat the snack.
“Trust” and “Paid For” might be remarkably tough trick for your Portuguese Podengo to master and requires lots of persistence from you. Keep in mind, do not penalize your Portuguese Podengo if he can’t learn the technique, instead blame yourself for being a lousy teacher.:–RRB- In any case, delight in teaching your Portuguese Podengo this trick and have lots of fun along the way.
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