“On Trust” and “Paid For” for is one of the earliest dog tricks that has been offering as much entertainment as anything a dog can do since the early 1900s. It is a great trick to teach your Portuguese Water Dog. It isn’t the easiest technique to be learned but it can be elaborated on and shown in numerous various forms to impress the majority of people.
To teach your Portuguese Water Dog this trick, call your dog to you, permitting him to stand or sit down, as he desires, and hold his head still with one hand, while you hold a snack on his nose.
Teach your Portuguese Water Dog the “on trust” trick
State to him, “On trust, on trust,” steadying and preventing his head from shifting using one hand while holding up an intimidating finger with the other and repeatedly saying the words, “On trust, on trust”.
Teach your Portuguese Water Dog the “paid for” trick
Next, let go of his head, saying “paid for,” and give him a little nudge under the chin. This will cause him to toss the snack up and catch it. Obviously, in his first attempts he will not be able to capture the snack, but he ought to be permitted to consume the snack after it lands on the floor.
It’s a terrific trick for your Portuguese Water Dog
Continuous repetition of this training will produce efficiency. In time you ought to stop restraining his head with your hand and permit him to balance the treat on his nose up until you say “Paid for.”
He can likewise be taught to hold the treat between his teeth and to not swallow it until informed to do so. This trick can be made more impressive by holding a conversation with your Portuguese Water Dog. For instance, you might state: “Buddy, old boy, here is a really delicious treat, but it is ‘on trust.'”
Somewhat highlight the word “trust” and after that say: “I am grateful you dislike eating things on trust, however this I have just discovered has actually been ‘paid for,'” emphasizing the words “paid for.”
Your Portuguese Water Dog can also be taught to toss the snack on hearing a certain number. To teach this, balance it on his nose and hold his head while you count plainly and deliberately, 1, 2, 3, and then tap him under the chin. Before he has learned the technique he will toss it up as often at one, two, four, as he will at 1, 2, 3, but he needs to be drilled till he will not toss it till he hears “3.” It will make it much easier for him if you slightly stress the “3” word.
After some time you can use lots of combinations of numbers and he will wait till he hears the emphasized “three.” As you are training him do not make him wait too long before you say “3,” and permit him to eat the treat.
“Trust” and “Paid For” may be a pretty tough trick for your Portuguese Water Dog to perfect and requires a lot of perseverance from you. Remember, do not penalize your Portuguese Water Dog if he can’t perfect the technique, rather blame yourself for being a lousy teacher.:–RRB- In any case, delight in teaching your Portuguese Water Dog this trick and have lots of fun while you’re at it.
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