To teach your Braque Saint-Germain tricks, even the easy ones, you need to have some savory treats, teach him in a quiet suitable place and hold the teaching sessions to under fifteen minutes or the Braque Saint-Germain will start to get bored. Keep in mind when he gets something correct give him great deals of appreciation and a reward treat, though beware not to get him over excited or he will lose focus.
Teach your Braque Saint-Germain to give you his paw
To teach your Braque Saint-Germain to give you his paw, initially get him to sit, then as you say the word ‘paw’ take his paw in your hand and offer him a treat. Next do it again, and after a few practices do not take his paw so fast. Say the word ‘paw’, count to one and then after that take it. You must discover that he is bringing his paw upward as you say the word. If he doesn’t then return to saying it at the exact same time. Do it a couple of more times then slow your reaction once again. After a couple of sessions most Braque Saint-Germains pick this trick up quite easily.
Teach your Braque Saint-Germain to offer you a high 5
Like a great deal of tricks the high five is a progression of a simpler trick, and in this case the paw trick. Hold a snack in your fingers and lift your hand slightly higher than you would for the paw trick. Your Braque Saint-Germain will assume you desire to perform the paw trick and will grab for the snack with his paw as we instructed him in the previous trick. While he reaches up you say “high 5” and offer your Braque Saint-Germain the treat. As soon as your Braque Saint-Germain has mastered the paw trick this 1 should be extremely simple to master and with only a few sessions he will be accomplishing it on hand signal instead of voice control.
Teach your Braque Saint-Germain to jump through a hoop
Before you begin this one I would simply like to ask you to be a little reasonable and not hold the hoop too high up as you do not really want your Braque Saint-Germain to injure himself while practicing the trick. Place your Braque Saint-Germain on one side of a hula hoop, get him to take note of your hand on the other side of the hoop. Hold a snack in your hand and offer the Braque Saint-Germain the direction to stop sitting. At first he may try to go around or under the hoop. If this happens start again. Your Braque Saint-Germain wants the snack and will quickly discover that going around or below does not work so he will soon begin going through it. When he does, say “hoop” and offer him the snack. He’ll quickly be jumping through the hoop upon the command of “hoop”. When I initially started doing this trick I owned a medium sized dog, so I began with the hoop 6 inches from the floor and slowly lifted it to waist high. In case you own a smaller sized dog you might wish to begin with the hoop touching the floor so he just goes through the hoop and then slowly lift it more once he gets accustomed to the trick.
I trust you have enjoyed learning these 3 tricks you can teach your Braque Saint-Germain. Have patience with your Braque Saint-Germain and above all, have a good time!
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