I taught my dogs paw so I could clean their paws after walks, check for any ticks between their toes or clip their nails to let them know that having their feet touched was a good thing. My dogs never pawed at me when I never asked for it.
Same! And my shepherd stepped on a wasp once and it was because he knew this trick that made it easier for me to remove the sting without an emergency vet visit. And then the time there was broken glass on the playing field. But I get where Will is coming from…some dogs will use it to get whatever they want and that’s when you have to teach them rewards only get given when the correct command is followed and as the pack leader you set the commands
The best worst thing I spent so long training was “sit pretty” like a kangaroo… now he just does it randomly but it’s usually a good sign he wants to go outside or walk so we kinda communicate this way. And it’s adorable too
As a kid, I taught my lurcher to jump over obstacles. Which was great fun until he figured he could easily clear the baby gate that kept him out of the kitchen 😅
I.... literally taught my dog paw for this purpose. He demanded attention by barks and yelps and I needed a quiet way for him to ask me for things. He paws at his food bag when he wants food, and he basically waves at me for attention (but also understands "not now"). Whenever he waves at me, it's a good time to check with myself when I last took him on a walk, fed him, or played with him. Pouncing is obviously still a no-go. So I was really surprised by "paw" being this one trick to not teach.
Think it's mostly just when you reward them wrongly during it. As in when it is rewarded whenever they do it without asking for it and always leads to a food reward. Got a friend with a golden retriever and the dog never does it without being questioned and only sometimes softly does it on your leg or feet when it needs to go outside. They only reward him when they know it's valid and it is sometimes just pure affection.
I have a year and a half old Great Dane. As a puppy, I took her out often to make sure she never messed in the house. I also made her SIT at the door whenever I took her out. Sit at the door, sit for her leash. She learned quickly, that going to the back door, and sitting, meant going outside to potty. That was great. Clear indication of a need. Now. She has learned that not only does sitting at the back door means go outside, it also means when she feels Daddy isnt giving her enough attention, she will sit at the door like she needs to potty, I'll get up and go to let her out, when really she just wanted me to play with her. But, now im stuck in this loop, because most of the time she does genuinely need to go outside and potty. But sometimes, shes just doing it to fuck with me. She also has learned to just sit whenever she wants anything at all. Food? She sits, treats? she sits, outside? she sits, blanket? she sits, anything. Its a blessing and a curse lol.
My American Staffordshire Terrier does basically the same thing when she needs to go out, she'll sit by the door, and if we don't notice she'll walk up to us then back to the door, and if that doesn't work she'll bark and whine
I never taught my dog paw just kind of did it herself, she comes and paws and we can say not now and she'll listen it's only when she persistently paws we know she either wants to go outside and go toilet or she wants to show us something worth annoying is for
@thierryparte2506do you give your dog a treat whenever they sit down without you telling them to sit, or lay down without you telling them down? It’s the same comparison. I taught my girl paw/shake, and she never tries to shake or give me her paw outside of when I ask. If she did, she wouldn’t be getting a reward, and would learn that giving me her paw AFTER I ask for it is what she gets rewarded for. Simple command, respond, treat. Some dogs do learn that behavior, and will try pawing for a treat. But it’s not hard to train out by ignoring and not giving them a treat, and then later giving them a treat when they do it correctly.
Not exactly the worst. My golden retriever consistently did it, yes for attention. It was the best way he could communicate affection to me before he passed.
See, we've taught 'paw' in a way that she only paws the air, and we have to "catch" her paw in order for it to be complete. She also only gets rewarded if our hand is already waiting for it, so she knows she won't get treats unless we initiate it. You can train your dog not to do it when it is not requested. Paw is good for cleaning, inspecting for issues, or even clipping nails.
The problem is not the trick, the problem is giving in to the demand. If you teach them any trick they’ll start doing it to ask or even demand attention or food. Give them rewards only when you ask the trick or command. This way you also teach them that you are the leader and that if they do stuff without being asked nothing happens
I have a service dog in training and I use "paw" on my leg primarily to interrupt my sensory processing overload before it overloads. It is one of several tasks and she doesn't do it when not needed or when not asked for. But than she is a dobermann and has lots and lots of scheduled structured activities where we do "play and train"...so tons of mental and physical stimulation.
Hi, are you training your own service dog? I would like to train my dog to be somewhat of a service (therapy?) dog (for anxiety and adhd hyper focus/distractions). Service dogs just aren't a thing in my country and there isn't any way to get the dog trained as a service dog. Could you possibly provide me with some resources regarding training a service dog for those purposes? Like a youtube channel or a blog or book with useful information.
@@xxxxxx-vh3ln I do not have your specific conditions and do not know what you need the dog to do to mitigate those issues. Further, everyone can vary in what symptom is most disabling and therefore what they need the dog to do. Yes, I am owner training in the United States and owner trained my previous service dog as well. If you know what tasks you need the dog to perform to mitigate your particular issues a simple UA-cam search on how to train each task should help. I cannot speak about other countries but in the United States service dogs are different from therapy dogs and both are different from emotional support animals. Service dogs are the only ones that have public access and as such need to be extensively trained in public access skills in addition to tasks specific to mitigating the handler's disability. The whole process tends to take between two to three years to fully train a service animal and thousands of hours of training from start to finish. It is not uncommon for many dogs to not be suited for service dog work even after extensive training usually with the training beginning with the dog from a very young puppy. But if you will only use the dog at home then public access skills are not required. The following site may be of some help though the laws it refers to are in the United States www.psychdogpartners.org/
@Nicole Peckham thanks, i know about regulations in the USA, but im from a small country on a different continent and service dogs, therapy dog amd emptional support animals are jist not recognized in any way. Only.dogs that can enter every space are police dogs.
@@xxxxxx-vh3ln that must be extremely difficult for all the people who could really benefit from service dogs in public to not be able to. I did not know there were countries that did not have them or allow for them in public though I knew laws often vary from country to country in regards to them. I will be grateful for the laws regarding such in the United States as my quality of life is greatly improved with using a service dog. But I do wish you luck and success with your dog training endeavors.
Funny. My name is also Nicole and I also have a service dog. I have another handler friend named Nicole too. Lol. Anyway. I thought of that too when he said not to teach paw.
My dog likes when we hold her paw when we pat her but we don't give her anything or award her for that, she just loves it and wants us to hold it every single time! So cute...
The best way to teach a dog not to do something, is to teach them to do it on command. Then the behavior is predictable and you can teach them an off switch.
Lots of times that isn’t 100% possible. Quite often instead of associating the paw movement with the command you chose the dogs will instead associate it with a treat.
@@ChiefHerzensCoach unless you have a really smart and disciplined dog, and you yourself put in some time at home, the dog won’t properly learn the trick
@@ChiefHerzensCoachim sure he can do it its just a lot more work and its easier to cut that corner as most dogs will forget about it. He makes some good stuff and for most people this is great advice as they dont know how and will copy what he does
I taught my sisters 90lb APBT to sneeze on command. Now it's his go to when he wants something. He'll just sit there and start sneezing really really good until you give him what he wants.
Fear is a part of it. It's a balance. They need to fear not obeying. Not listening has consequences. Your dog needs to know you mean business. There will be times when they can be too distracted/scared to listen, they still will have to comply. If they don't respond to the verbal, then it gets physical. Too scared to sit? Push the butt down or lift the collar etc. Too scared/confused to a down? Grab front legs and put it a down. That can be scary for a dog but your just holding them accountable. My dogs fear me and love me. The respect part is a must.
The worst thing my grandpa taught his first jack Russel dog was "giz a kiss" because now she jumps on you and starts trying to lick your nose off like a toddler with a lollipop and you're helpless. You could easily move her but that would hurt her feelings.
Paw is one of the most useful commands I ever teached my dog! Never wanna miss ist. I also taught him how to jump up on me. But he's 40 kg so I also teached him that those things are only allowed when asked for. If he wants attention I get a touch with his nose or he lays his head on me. Love that 🥰
Yep it’s informative to you as an owner too like my lab she paws at me when she needs to go out or if she’s hungry and I can decide what to do to make her comfortable. It’s honestly really helpful I think
How did you teach your dog to only jump up when you want them to? I have a 46kg puppy and she loves jumping up when she's excited she usually gets a hug but she's just heavy and I don't want her to jump on other people smaller than me
Exactly, if you teach them only to do it when asked(which is actually extremely easy) then it's very useful, and anyway I've never even had a dog that does offer behaviors that weren't asked for
@@silamaleesri8661 My dog is 40 kg so I first taught him that he isn't allowed to jump up at all. When I got rid of that behavior I taught him how to jump up at things like trees and chairs. When he knew how that worked he could jump up at me, too.
Definitely important they know to not initiate themselves. Been considering if I should teach any of my future dogs to jump up on me. I’d use it to get them standing so I can carry them if need be. People have a bad habit of shattering glass bottles in my city and sometimes there just isn’t much ground not covered in broken glass. Wouldn’t want my dog to step on that and get hurt
I taught my pup “paw” for many reasons. It helps for when I need to trim her nails, clean her feet or check to make sure she didn’t step in/on something bad. I also use it so when she steps over her leash and gets tangled she can fix it her self and I don’t have to bend down and do it. She is also a service dog so she will paw me to alert.
As a rottie owner I love how you call her puppy as a big dog - whenever we are walking him we will call him out the water by the name 'puppy' and people walking past will be looking from the path expecting a cute puppy - honestly the look we get after is just 👌 As well as this even though they're scared of him he is the gentlest giant ever and despite him beinf like this he's so well trained and will sit on your lap - he's such a sweet heart
Will called her "Puppy" because he was only supposed to have her for a short while as police were investigating the owner and he didn't want to get attached. He ended up paying quite a lot of money to keep her so that didn't work so well. 😆😆
I think the dog’s name is actually “Poppy” and the subs are wrong because someone translated it into text. I could be wrong though. However I do, do the same thing!
Omg I just got my first rottie a month ago! Do you have any tips on diet? Should we feed him raw? He makes 11 weeks this saturday. I dont know when to introduce kibble!
Thank you!!!! I use to tell this to clients and people I met who got new dogs. I taught my dog 'high five/ten' where the contact was a bop motion and it was only done when running trick cycles, so she never associated it alone to food. The only time she does a pawing at me is 1 ) To bring my hand back to her during scratchies because clearly we're not done if she wants more, but in those instances, she wraps it around my wrist or arm, she doesn't scratch. 2 ) She has GOT to go to the bathroom and we're not in view of the door so she will do a paw on my leg to say 'no, seriously, I gotta take a shit and I gotta take it now'. Her only bad habit now are buttons... She was given buttons and one is a 'treat' button... She usually uses them incorrectly until she actually wants something specific. Otherwise it, 'fuck it, I can push any button and I'll get food.'. No. No. No. XD I will take away the buttons!
I’ve trained my service dog to give me her paw so I can check her feet or for brushing because I can’t bend over. She is very good at not offering unless I ask for paw. I guess it depends on the dog and how you train her.
I use guide dogs and schools taught me not to teach them paw because they will get so they throw their paw up on people/Baby strollers\… We always just pick their foot up and checked it or wiped it off❤ in offices/city bus but what you say certainly makes sense
I have a big Mastiff boy who constantly give us "paw" and it drives me crazy. We never thought him this "trick". He just obsessively does it. We can tell him no and put it down and he will put it right back up.
@@karlashmeedavlasta6365 yes is is definitely a velcro pet who loves attention and loves loves affection. Sometimes it's cute like when my husband & I pray together, Boomer'll put his paws on ours lol... But he is a massive dog w/heavy paws that hurt sometimes, especially when he grips and tries to hold on.
I got a rescue dog that did this. She was in a family with 3 kids, living with them for maybe 5 years. I had to work hard to stop her from using paw because the kids rewarded the dog whenever she used her paw even if she wasn’t asked to do that behavior. Lol
I did actually learned my dog this command on purpose. Shes living inside with us and every time we come from a walk no matter what we are "cleaning" her paws and to make it easier we use exactly this command. So far so good so I hope there will be no changes.
Yes, I couldn't agree more. We taught our mastiff mix this. It's been 10yrs and she still doesn't give up with offering her paw (we don't give her treats for it). She even does it in all kinds of situations and she is the sweetest dog but I have ended up with her toes on my eyeball, scratches on my arms, face, and legs all because of that one little trick we taught her when she was a puppy. She has forgotten a lot of things but she won't forget the paw thing.
my college had therapy dogs during finals week. One of them was a beautiful light colored golden retriever. I sat on the floor with him for a while and every so often he would lightly smack me, the handler, or one of the other students to signal that he wanted a treat or to be pet. The handler was visibly annoyed but it was honestly kind of adorable, he was very polite about it and it was a lot better than barking
I've had four dogs throughout my life. I've taught every single one of them to give paw and have never had this issue. Not only that, but I've also found that it's probably the most useful trick you can teach your dog because it makes things like cleaning their paws and putting boots on infinitely easier and it desensitizes them to people touching their extremities which helps make them a bit more comfortable at places like the groomer and the vet.
I personally love the paw command, because I was able to teach my dog to use it when he needs to alert to certain things… He also does it when he needs to go outside, or when people come over, which is kinda nice. I could see why this wouldn’t be desirable by big dogs tho, it might hurt
My brother has a huntaway kelpie cross. He's just over a year old and he gives you his paw without any reward. He's such a good boy, clumsy but a good boy.
I've got 3 dogs and they all give the paw to say hello to my wife and I, they even do it with some guests of ours lol. They never want anything in exchange
My 10 year old Shepard has known paw her whole life and never used it like that till just recently. Because she’s an old lady I always give her something. I don’t think it’s annoying, I’m glad she’s getting what she wants as she doesn’t have long left
I taught my border collie to shake. I didn't think he'd take to it so well considering he didn't take to anything else anyone tried to teach him so well, but hes got that one down. It is exceptionally cute because hes an anxious thing and now his primary form of comfort is to hold hands. If theres a Very Scary Delivery Truck in our driveway, he feels better about it if you hold his hand
Yesssss!! My dog is a rescue, and I sure wish nobody had taught him “shake”. I’m trying to phase it out but when new people meet him that’s the first thing they ask him to do. I have to tell people not to ask him to shake. 😆
I hunt with my Dachshund and when people ask if he's trained, I say the truth: yes, he is. Then they invariably ask him to give paw and are disappointed when he doesn't give it...
I taught my standard poodle how to give me her paw. She caught on very good, as she is quite smart. I recommend teaching your dogs to ring bells when wanting to go outside, or something like that. That’s off topic. Anyway, in the mornings she would get excited to see me and give me her paw so I pet her. Now she gives her paw for everything. Either for begging for food, or just wanting some pets.
the worst thing you can teach your dog is to communicate with buttons because over time the dog will become self aware, and at that point it's basically a human trapped in a dog's body and it will most likely be extremely depressed.
My diabetic alert dog washout who was improperly trained learned to interact exclusively with her feet. (She was 'trained' to alert with her paw) when I first got her to rehab (foster fail) she would be so excited when I got home she'd windmill her legs at my face. She still windmills when she's super excited, but not at people anymore.
I've got a Kelpie x Mastiff with long legs and big paws. "Paw/shake" has never been an issue for him because I also taught him "gentle" and the difference between holding a paw up and the action of pawing something for help (door handle, empty bowl, toy stuck under furniture). The former gets a treat, the latter gets the action they're asking for but no treat.
So true.. I have a Caucasian Shepard she's 3 and I got her when she was 11 months as her owner had to move so she wasnt trained properly but that didn't bother me, I knew I could train her to listen and get her to where she should be and I'm happy to say that I have done well and she doesn't have many of the bad habits she started with of course with the exception of putting a 12 inch gash down my leg when she wants a treat
When we had just gotten my previous dog (passed away last year 😢 ), I only taught him the "sit" vommand, leaving it half-through. Turns out he ended up training me. Every time he wanted a snack, he would sit and look at me as if saying, "I'm seated. Give me a treat" 😁
My husky shakes hands with me. I phased out food rewards when he was 4. After that the vast majority or his rewards were lots of praise and play. Food rewards are a training aid, not a lifelong commitment. He obeys me because it is fun and he wants to
My dog is more straightforward when she just wants a quick snack just gets my attention and takes me to the closet where here treat/food are and looks at me 😂
I taught my dog to stop and give paw when he got any thorn in his paw during walks. He would stop, lift his paw and wait for me to take it off. Before he just continued to walk limping and that made me feel so sad, like I was a bad dog mum, so I just taught him. Also taught him to stop if the leash went underneath his armpits,again, stop and lift his leg to correct it. My lovely little angel, now is in dog heaven, going for long walks with his friends 🥰. (But he never learned to sit down, only when my dad or mum said the command would he do it sometimes 🤣)
I can agree that in a large dog paw could be a disaster. That said my buddy, 32 lbs, does not paw me, he paws the air. He uses it as an ask, for belly rubs in a sitting position and a thank you. He is right pawed but uses both right and left for sitting belly rubs. He does not paw for treats but paws when he is offered a treat. The same for dinner, he paws when I am placing his bowl, I touch his paw before he eats. Love your content, thanks.
Omg I feel so validated! Right from 8 weeks I taught my Great Dabe/Mastiff to sit, lay down, and stand up but others who want to give her a treat ask her to paw and I'm like, I don't want her to do that she's huge and her paws hurt 😅
I mean, my dog is training to be a service dog, and one of the ways he offers pressure support is using his paw to snap me out of a panic attack. And I haven’t even taught him that. He also “paws” at the door, and at the outside of his kennel to indicate he wants out, or he wants to go into his kennel for the day (mainly when hubby and I are showing signs of going to work). I don’t think I’ll ever train it out of him, cause it’s so useful in his communication with us.
Fun fact - Great Pyrenees come with "paw" as a design feature. You don't have to teach it to them, they just come up and grab you whenever they want you to pet them; and then continue to grab you every time you try to stop until they finally get tired of being pet. Which is *never.*
Agree!! A friend's dog shredded my arm when i offered him a treat. Just a medium sized, well behaved dog had me bloody & bandaged thru no fault of his own. 😢
I took this advice and I've never taught my dog this behaviour. My nephew's daughter was giving him a treat and asked for a paw. I told her he doesn't do that, "your dog is rubbish, he is broken" she told me. Hilarious.
My belgian malinois used to totally run his old house, and terrorized the family. He was due to be put down when we adopted him because he was violent. The only trick he knew was paw. We never taught him that, but he still occasionally just offers his paw to us if he wants a treat.
I finde it really helpfull it tells me when she accually needs somthing as shes been shown not to over use it so when the paw comes she needs to show or tell us something. Its also a Great way to find out what she want as ill give her options like eat or play and show her what hand corelates to witch witch she then shows by giving paw to the hand with the right alternative.
We trained my moms dog "say please" instead of the normal cue "paw". He was a dutch shepherd/puggle mix. He was always super gentle about offering paw and usually only did it alongside offering his cue for beg which we called "belly rubs". So translate what we taught him, he was saying "belly rubs, please". My dads dog also knew paw. He rarely offered it without being asked, but he wasnt good about being super gentle with it, but he could do paw with either foot and only when a hand was out for him to place his paw on.
💯 agree! I’m trying to untrain my dog’s paw behavior. Also, I training him from jumping up onto my shoulders every morning to give me a “hug”. FWIW, He’s an 18mo old yellow lab that I adopted a few days ago.
This goes for literally ANY other dog trick. Also, this is a helpful trick for drying off your pup, or cleaning their paws after a walk or a trip to the dog park.
I taught my lab to tap my hand with his nose... And now, every time we're walking he'll come tap my hand for treats... With this one, its adorable... with paw, I can see the problem
Taught our doberman paw but she prefers chin anyway. Very entertaining when you just have your hand out for some reason and a big ol face appears in it with endless frozen patience 😂
In my opinion, "Paw" is one of the most useful things a dog could know. Washing, drying or caring for paws, pads and claws is so easy, if the dog knows how to give a paw.
My Brittany Spaniel is my service dog, and "paw" (which to him is actually "alert") is what he does to, well, alert. When he does this in public people think its so cute when in reality it means my blood pressure or stress level is skyrocketing lol I don't have any problems with him doing it just to get treats, though of course this is his 7th going on 8th year on the job, so he's got it down. My only problem is when hes gone without a trim, and his nails scrape me.
Still remember the info page saying that a man got in prison for teaching his dog to throw bricks from the roof of his house while victims had to ring at his door, that has to be the worst
I taught my 25lb dog how to do it, and i havent had any problems. Its rlly cute and im actually trying to use it as a replacement behavior for when hes barking at people walking by the house
It’s a good trick for my older dog because he’ll just slowly put his paw on my arm when he’s sitting next to me and we make eye contact, I laugh every time💀
My husky crossed German shepherd loves paw, as it has become his weapon of choice, a bug on the ground? Smack! Wants outside? Walks up and smacks the floor. Without it I dare say he wouldn’t carry the same character
I taught my dogs paw so I could clean their paws after walks, check for any ticks between their toes or clip their nails to let them know that having their feet touched was a good thing. My dogs never pawed at me when I never asked for it.
Snap I taught my dog paw for exactly the same reason....👍 My sofa is very happy I did😂
This... Plus when my dog wants attention he just throws his huge damn body on top of me. I rather get the paw... 🤣
Mine gently touches my arm to tell me he wants to go potty. 1 year old neutered husky. Had him since 6mo.
Same! And my shepherd stepped on a wasp once and it was because he knew this trick that made it easier for me to remove the sting without an emergency vet visit. And then the time there was broken glass on the playing field. But I get where Will is coming from…some dogs will use it to get whatever they want and that’s when you have to teach them rewards only get given when the correct command is followed and as the pack leader you set the commands
Probably depends on the breed. My past boxer learned shake... She never wasn't swiping at us lol
The best worst thing I spent so long training was “sit pretty” like a kangaroo… now he just does it randomly but it’s usually a good sign he wants to go outside or walk so we kinda communicate this way. And it’s adorable too
my Australian Shepard knows sit pretty and doesn’t do it randomly ;-;
I knew a guy who taught his dog how to open doors. He regretted that.
Me too, or climb fences.
Yep did that and regretted it
It’s good in case of emergencies
As a kid, I taught my lurcher to jump over obstacles. Which was great fun until he figured he could easily clear the baby gate that kept him out of the kitchen 😅
My cat knows how to open doors, and I regret it too. Difference is, we didn't even teach her how to, she figured it out on her own
The English mastiff at the beginning melted my heart❤
OMG MINE TOO LOL. SHE LAYS THERE WITH HER FACE LOOKING SO CUTE!!
I.... literally taught my dog paw for this purpose. He demanded attention by barks and yelps and I needed a quiet way for him to ask me for things. He paws at his food bag when he wants food, and he basically waves at me for attention (but also understands "not now").
Whenever he waves at me, it's a good time to check with myself when I last took him on a walk, fed him, or played with him. Pouncing is obviously still a no-go.
So I was really surprised by "paw" being this one trick to not teach.
Think it's mostly just when you reward them wrongly during it. As in when it is rewarded whenever they do it without asking for it and always leads to a food reward. Got a friend with a golden retriever and the dog never does it without being questioned and only sometimes softly does it on your leg or feet when it needs to go outside. They only reward him when they know it's valid and it is sometimes just pure affection.
I have a year and a half old Great Dane. As a puppy, I took her out often to make sure she never messed in the house. I also made her SIT at the door whenever I took her out. Sit at the door, sit for her leash. She learned quickly, that going to the back door, and sitting, meant going outside to potty. That was great. Clear indication of a need. Now. She has learned that not only does sitting at the back door means go outside, it also means when she feels Daddy isnt giving her enough attention, she will sit at the door like she needs to potty, I'll get up and go to let her out, when really she just wanted me to play with her. But, now im stuck in this loop, because most of the time she does genuinely need to go outside and potty. But sometimes, shes just doing it to fuck with me. She also has learned to just sit whenever she wants anything at all. Food? She sits, treats? she sits, outside? she sits, blanket? she sits, anything. Its a blessing and a curse lol.
My American Staffordshire Terrier does basically the same thing when she needs to go out, she'll sit by the door, and if we don't notice she'll walk up to us then back to the door, and if that doesn't work she'll bark and whine
You can also teach him to stop barking?
I never taught my dog paw just kind of did it herself, she comes and paws and we can say not now and she'll listen it's only when she persistently paws we know she either wants to go outside and go toilet or she wants to show us something worth annoying is for
I’ve never in my life seen a dog give paw to ask for treats
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This is why you only reinforce behavior you ask for and ignore it when they just do it out of the blue.
Yea that what we do too
@thierryparte2506 how is that confusing?
@thierryparte2506It’s not confusing to teach when it is and isn't appropriate. Dogs aren't stuoud
@thierryparte2506do you give your dog a treat whenever they sit down without you telling them to sit, or lay down without you telling them down? It’s the same comparison. I taught my girl paw/shake, and she never tries to shake or give me her paw outside of when I ask. If she did, she wouldn’t be getting a reward, and would learn that giving me her paw AFTER I ask for it is what she gets rewarded for. Simple command, respond, treat. Some dogs do learn that behavior, and will try pawing for a treat. But it’s not hard to train out by ignoring and not giving them a treat, and then later giving them a treat when they do it correctly.
Not exactly the worst. My golden retriever consistently did it, yes for attention. It was the best way he could communicate affection to me before he passed.
See, we've taught 'paw' in a way that she only paws the air, and we have to "catch" her paw in order for it to be complete. She also only gets rewarded if our hand is already waiting for it, so she knows she won't get treats unless we initiate it. You can train your dog not to do it when it is not requested. Paw is good for cleaning, inspecting for issues, or even clipping nails.
My golden literally does the same thing !!
But alternatively if you want to wipe paws or trim nails, your dog should just tolerate you reaching and grabbing.
The problem is not the trick, the problem is giving in to the demand. If you teach them any trick they’ll start doing it to ask or even demand attention or food. Give them rewards only when you ask the trick or command. This way you also teach them that you are the leader and that if they do stuff without being asked nothing happens
I have a service dog in training and I use "paw" on my leg primarily to interrupt my sensory processing overload before it overloads. It is one of several tasks and she doesn't do it when not needed or when not asked for. But than she is a dobermann and has lots and lots of scheduled structured activities where we do "play and train"...so tons of mental and physical stimulation.
Hi, are you training your own service dog? I would like to train my dog to be somewhat of a service (therapy?) dog (for anxiety and adhd hyper focus/distractions). Service dogs just aren't a thing in my country and there isn't any way to get the dog trained as a service dog. Could you possibly provide me with some resources regarding training a service dog for those purposes? Like a youtube channel or a blog or book with useful information.
@@xxxxxx-vh3ln I do not have your specific conditions and do not know what you need the dog to do to mitigate those issues. Further, everyone can vary in what symptom is most disabling and therefore what they need the dog to do. Yes, I am owner training in the United States and owner trained my previous service dog as well. If you know what tasks you need the dog to perform to mitigate your particular issues a simple UA-cam search on how to train each task should help. I cannot speak about other countries but in the United States service dogs are different from therapy dogs and both are different from emotional support animals. Service dogs are the only ones that have public access and as such need to be extensively trained in public access skills in addition to tasks specific to mitigating the handler's disability. The whole process tends to take between two to three years to fully train a service animal and thousands of hours of training from start to finish. It is not uncommon for many dogs to not be suited for service dog work even after extensive training usually with the training beginning with the dog from a very young puppy. But if you will only use the dog at home then public access skills are not required.
The following site may be of some help though the laws it refers to are in the United States
www.psychdogpartners.org/
@Nicole Peckham thanks, i know about regulations in the USA, but im from a small country on a different continent and service dogs, therapy dog amd emptional support animals are jist not recognized in any way. Only.dogs that can enter every space are police dogs.
@@xxxxxx-vh3ln that must be extremely difficult for all the people who could really benefit from service dogs in public to not be able to. I did not know there were countries that did not have them or allow for them in public though I knew laws often vary from country to country in regards to them. I will be grateful for the laws regarding such in the United States as my quality of life is greatly improved with using a service dog. But I do wish you luck and success with your dog training endeavors.
Funny. My name is also Nicole and I also have a service dog. I have another handler friend named Nicole too. Lol. Anyway. I thought of that too when he said not to teach paw.
My dog likes when we hold her paw when we pat her but we don't give her anything or award her for that, she just loves it and wants us to hold it every single time! So cute...
The best way to teach a dog not to do something, is to teach them to do it on command. Then the behavior is predictable and you can teach them an off switch.
Lots of times that isn’t 100% possible. Quite often instead of associating the paw movement with the command you chose the dogs will instead associate it with a treat.
@@ChiefHerzensCoach unless you have a really smart and disciplined dog, and you yourself put in some time at home, the dog won’t properly learn the trick
@@ChiefHerzensCoach yes that will probably work but it’s too much work for a lot of pet owners
@@ChiefHerzensCoachim sure he can do it its just a lot more work and its easier to cut that corner as most dogs will forget about it. He makes some good stuff and for most people this is great advice as they dont know how and will copy what he does
@@birdcultthen you teach them it's useless, either ignore them or gently push them away
I taught my sisters 90lb APBT to sneeze on command. Now it's his go to when he wants something. He'll just sit there and start sneezing really really good until you give him what he wants.
id say the worst thing to do is in general, teach with fear. they should not fear you they should respect and love you.
Id say the worst thing is to kill babies but thats a close second.
I wish you are not talking about e collars
@@mohammadalomari8429huh?
Fear is a part of it. It's a balance. They need to fear not obeying. Not listening has consequences. Your dog needs to know you mean business. There will be times when they can be too distracted/scared to listen, they still will have to comply. If they don't respond to the verbal, then it gets physical. Too scared to sit? Push the butt down or lift the collar etc. Too scared/confused to a down? Grab front legs and put it a down. That can be scary for a dog but your just holding them accountable. My dogs fear me and love me. The respect part is a must.
@@zonepistolez9944 to some degree yes, there’s 2 sides to everything
My parents taught my dogs paw as sort of an apology if the dog did something bad, so they ended scratching when they dug in the trash
The worst thing my grandpa taught his first jack Russel dog was "giz a kiss" because now she jumps on you and starts trying to lick your nose off like a toddler with a lollipop and you're helpless. You could easily move her but that would hurt her feelings.
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Feels like this is an alternate version of Count Dankula where he never posted the Pug video, but found a deep passion for training dogs 😂
Paw is one of the most useful commands I ever teached my dog! Never wanna miss ist. I also taught him how to jump up on me. But he's 40 kg so I also teached him that those things are only allowed when asked for. If he wants attention I get a touch with his nose or he lays his head on me. Love that 🥰
Yep it’s informative to you as an owner too like my lab she paws at me when she needs to go out or if she’s hungry and I can decide what to do to make her comfortable. It’s honestly really helpful I think
How did you teach your dog to only jump up when you want them to? I have a 46kg puppy and she loves jumping up when she's excited she usually gets a hug but she's just heavy and I don't want her to jump on other people smaller than me
Exactly, if you teach them only to do it when asked(which is actually extremely easy) then it's very useful, and anyway I've never even had a dog that does offer behaviors that weren't asked for
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My dog is 40 kg so I first taught him that he isn't allowed to jump up at all. When I got rid of that behavior I taught him how to jump up at things like trees and chairs. When he knew how that worked he could jump up at me, too.
Definitely important they know to not initiate themselves. Been considering if I should teach any of my future dogs to jump up on me. I’d use it to get them standing so I can carry them if need be. People have a bad habit of shattering glass bottles in my city and sometimes there just isn’t much ground not covered in broken glass. Wouldn’t want my dog to step on that and get hurt
Excellent advice. Never thought about it. But it make perfect sense. Thanks!
I taught my pup “paw” for many reasons. It helps for when I need to trim her nails, clean her feet or check to make sure she didn’t step in/on something bad. I also use it so when she steps over her leash and gets tangled she can fix it her self and I don’t have to bend down and do it. She is also a service dog so she will paw me to alert.
Bts are gone
I'm just in love with that melting dog at the beginning
As a rottie owner I love how you call her puppy as a big dog - whenever we are walking him we will call him out the water by the name 'puppy' and people walking past will be looking from the path expecting a cute puppy - honestly the look we get after is just 👌
As well as this even though they're scared of him he is the gentlest giant ever and despite him beinf like this he's so well trained and will sit on your lap - he's such a sweet heart
Will called her "Puppy" because he was only supposed to have her for a short while as police were investigating the owner and he didn't want to get attached. He ended up paying quite a lot of money to keep her so that didn't work so well. 😆😆
Didn't know that that's adorable tho thax for the information :>
I think the dog’s name is actually “Poppy” and the subs are wrong because someone translated it into text. I could be wrong though. However I do, do the same thing!
Omg I just got my first rottie a month ago! Do you have any tips on diet? Should we feed him raw? He makes 11 weeks this saturday. I dont know when to introduce kibble!
Thank you!!!! I use to tell this to clients and people I met who got new dogs. I taught my dog 'high five/ten' where the contact was a bop motion and it was only done when running trick cycles, so she never associated it alone to food.
The only time she does a pawing at me is 1 ) To bring my hand back to her during scratchies because clearly we're not done if she wants more, but in those instances, she wraps it around my wrist or arm, she doesn't scratch. 2 ) She has GOT to go to the bathroom and we're not in view of the door so she will do a paw on my leg to say 'no, seriously, I gotta take a shit and I gotta take it now'.
Her only bad habit now are buttons... She was given buttons and one is a 'treat' button... She usually uses them incorrectly until she actually wants something specific. Otherwise it, 'fuck it, I can push any button and I'll get food.'.
No. No. No. XD I will take away the buttons!
I’ve trained my service dog to give me her paw so I can check her feet or for brushing because I can’t bend over. She is very good at not offering unless I ask for paw. I guess it depends on the dog and how you train her.
I use guide dogs and schools taught me not to teach them paw because they will get so they throw their paw up on people/Baby strollers\… We always just pick their foot up and checked it or wiped it off❤ in offices/city bus but what you say certainly makes sense
I do very much appreciate the wrinkly English mastiff smoosh in the background. :D
Eileen looks pretty pleased she's not required to learn this trick. 😆
what’s the name of her breed?
@@rodrigonabais365 The dog on the table is an English Mastiff. The brown and white one is a mixed breed.
LOL SHE IS JUST LAYIGN THERE ALL SQUISHY FACED! LOL
"i would never theach my dog paw"
me actively theaching my dog how to bite someone balls
I have a big Mastiff boy who constantly give us "paw" and it drives me crazy. We never thought him this "trick". He just obsessively does it. We can tell him no and put it down and he will put it right back up.
he wants attention and being cuddled or scratched. And don't stop - or paw.
@@karlashmeedavlasta6365 yes is is definitely a velcro pet who loves attention and loves loves affection. Sometimes it's cute like when my husband & I pray together, Boomer'll put his paws on ours lol... But he is a massive dog w/heavy paws that hurt sometimes, especially when he grips and tries to hold on.
Oh! i‘m completely on your side!!!
greetings from austria 🇦🇹🙋🏻♀️😁
I got a rescue dog that did this. She was in a family with 3 kids, living with them for maybe 5 years. I had to work hard to stop her from using paw because the kids rewarded the dog whenever she used her paw even if she wasn’t asked to do that behavior. Lol
I never taught my dog this but she still does it. She's real cute about it though so now I encourage it.
I did actually learned my dog this command on purpose. Shes living inside with us and every time we come from a walk no matter what we are "cleaning" her paws and to make it easier we use exactly this command. So far so good so I hope there will be no changes.
So what exactly does that command help you with?
@@Urban_Goose OP tells their dog to give them paw in order to clean the dog's paws
I have a great Dane but I give him pets and hugs instead of treats
Exactly as @@izizwhatiziznt said. She always told sit stay and paw righ behind the doors to lift eventually all 4 of her paws for me to clean them.
Even without teaching him paw, my dog still give me his paw everytime there's food on the table
I taught my service dog paw first and then taught her to just touch my arm. It helps me snap out of a mild PTSD episode.
I was just going to say that’s how my service dog does his high heart rate alerts! Kind of need it to get my attention 😅
I think your teaching paw is different to the explanation Will gives. So it's perfectly ok.
Yes, I couldn't agree more. We taught our mastiff mix this. It's been 10yrs and she still doesn't give up with offering her paw (we don't give her treats for it). She even does it in all kinds of situations and she is the sweetest dog but I have ended up with her toes on my eyeball, scratches on my arms, face, and legs all because of that one little trick we taught her when she was a puppy. She has forgotten a lot of things but she won't forget the paw thing.
my college had therapy dogs during finals week. One of them was a beautiful light colored golden retriever. I sat on the floor with him for a while and every so often he would lightly smack me, the handler, or one of the other students to signal that he wanted a treat or to be pet. The handler was visibly annoyed but it was honestly kind of adorable, he was very polite about it and it was a lot better than barking
I've had four dogs throughout my life. I've taught every single one of them to give paw and have never had this issue. Not only that, but I've also found that it's probably the most useful trick you can teach your dog because it makes things like cleaning their paws and putting boots on infinitely easier and it desensitizes them to people touching their extremities which helps make them a bit more comfortable at places like the groomer and the vet.
I taught my shepherd each paw, and yep he has scratched the heck outta me .
Very good point.
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I am so glad I listened to you about this. My boy is just over a year and weighs in at 142, one of those paws could knock me out.
I personally love the paw command, because I was able to teach my dog to use it when he needs to alert to certain things…
He also does it when he needs to go outside, or when people come over, which is kinda nice.
I could see why this wouldn’t be desirable by big dogs tho, it might hurt
yeah definitely regret my doberman to say "please" for when he wants something 😂😂
My brother has a huntaway kelpie cross. He's just over a year old and he gives you his paw without any reward. He's such a good boy, clumsy but a good boy.
Swiping across my arm scratching me up demanding attention....when everything reminds you of her 😂
Is nobody talking about that cute little pug in the side??
I've got 3 dogs and they all give the paw to say hello to my wife and I, they even do it with some guests of ours lol. They never want anything in exchange
My 10 year old Shepard has known paw her whole life and never used it like that till just recently. Because she’s an old lady I always give her something. I don’t think it’s annoying, I’m glad she’s getting what she wants as she doesn’t have long left
i agree but my parents didnt listen and now my dog broke 3 different windows trying to give a paw
I have a rescue dog named coco, she is a red nose pitbull+chocolate lab mix, and her previous owners taught her paw, now she never stops pawing us
I taught my border collie to shake. I didn't think he'd take to it so well considering he didn't take to anything else anyone tried to teach him so well, but hes got that one down. It is exceptionally cute because hes an anxious thing and now his primary form of comfort is to hold hands. If theres a Very Scary Delivery Truck in our driveway, he feels better about it if you hold his hand
Yesssss!! My dog is a rescue, and I sure wish nobody had taught him “shake”. I’m trying to phase it out but when new people meet him that’s the first thing they ask him to do. I have to tell people not to ask him to shake. 😆
I hunt with my Dachshund and when people ask if he's trained, I say the truth: yes, he is.
Then they invariably ask him to give paw and are disappointed when he doesn't give it...
I taught my standard poodle how to give me her paw. She caught on very good, as she is quite smart. I recommend teaching your dogs to ring bells when wanting to go outside, or something like that. That’s off topic. Anyway, in the mornings she would get excited to see me and give me her paw so I pet her. Now she gives her paw for everything. Either for begging for food, or just wanting some pets.
Light bulb moment! My older dog has done "paw" while driving. I won't teach this to my new puppy!😂😂
Smart! Thank you 😊
the worst thing you can teach your dog is to communicate with buttons because over time the dog will become self aware, and at that point it's basically a human trapped in a dog's body and it will most likely be extremely depressed.
My diabetic alert dog washout who was improperly trained learned to interact exclusively with her feet. (She was 'trained' to alert with her paw) when I first got her to rehab (foster fail) she would be so excited when I got home she'd windmill her legs at my face. She still windmills when she's super excited, but not at people anymore.
I've got a Kelpie x Mastiff with long legs and big paws. "Paw/shake" has never been an issue for him because I also taught him "gentle" and the difference between holding a paw up and the action of pawing something for help (door handle, empty bowl, toy stuck under furniture). The former gets a treat, the latter gets the action they're asking for but no treat.
So true.. I have a Caucasian Shepard she's 3 and I got her when she was 11 months as her owner had to move so she wasnt trained properly but that didn't bother me, I knew I could train her to listen and get her to where she should be and I'm happy to say that I have done well and she doesn't have many of the bad habits she started with of course with the exception of putting a 12 inch gash down my leg when she wants a treat
When we had just gotten my previous dog (passed away last year 😢 ), I only taught him the "sit" vommand, leaving it half-through. Turns out he ended up training me. Every time he wanted a snack, he would sit and look at me as if saying, "I'm seated. Give me a treat" 😁
One proud and happy puppy 🐕🐾🏠
My husky shakes hands with me. I phased out food rewards when he was 4. After that the vast majority or his rewards were lots of praise and play. Food rewards are a training aid, not a lifelong commitment. He obeys me because it is fun and he wants to
This is the validation I needed hahah I never teach it to my dogs mainly because i only teach things that have actual use in making our lives easier
My dog is more straightforward when she just wants a quick snack just gets my attention and takes me to the closet where here treat/food are and looks at me 😂
OMG! I just searched up “why does my dog bite me when I try teaching him paw” and this came up, I’m so glad I saw this before it was too late.
I taught my dog to stop and give paw when he got any thorn in his paw during walks. He would stop, lift his paw and wait for me to take it off. Before he just continued to walk limping and that made me feel so sad, like I was a bad dog mum, so I just taught him. Also taught him to stop if the leash went underneath his armpits,again, stop and lift his leg to correct it. My lovely little angel, now is in dog heaven, going for long walks with his friends 🥰. (But he never learned to sit down, only when my dad or mum said the command would he do it sometimes 🤣)
I can agree that in a large dog paw could be a disaster. That said my buddy, 32 lbs, does not paw me, he paws the air. He uses it as an ask, for belly rubs in a sitting position and a thank you. He is right pawed but uses both right and left for sitting belly rubs. He does not paw for treats but paws when he is offered a treat. The same for dinner, he paws when I am placing his bowl, I touch his paw before he eats. Love your content, thanks.
I completely ignore my dog if she does paw not on command. She is really good about it
I've been a victim of the infamous "Pyr paw" multiple times. My huge dog has woken me up countless times by smacking me in the face
Omg I feel so validated! Right from 8 weeks I taught my Great Dabe/Mastiff to sit, lay down, and stand up but others who want to give her a treat ask her to paw and I'm like, I don't want her to do that she's huge and her paws hurt 😅
I mean, my dog is training to be a service dog, and one of the ways he offers pressure support is using his paw to snap me out of a panic attack. And I haven’t even taught him that.
He also “paws” at the door, and at the outside of his kennel to indicate he wants out, or he wants to go into his kennel for the day (mainly when hubby and I are showing signs of going to work). I don’t think I’ll ever train it out of him, cause it’s so useful in his communication with us.
Ah yes. The GSD waking you up with a paw in the eye.
"Bobbie, Bite his nuts off" was one of the worst things I've heard while going to Philly
Fun fact - Great Pyrenees come with "paw" as a design feature. You don't have to teach it to them, they just come up and grab you whenever they want you to pet them; and then continue to grab you every time you try to stop until they finally get tired of being pet.
Which is *never.*
Agree!!
A friend's dog shredded my arm when i offered him a treat. Just a medium sized, well behaved dog had me bloody & bandaged thru no fault of his own. 😢
I took this advice and I've never taught my dog this behaviour.
My nephew's daughter was giving him a treat and asked for a paw.
I told her he doesn't do that, "your dog is rubbish, he is broken" she told me.
Hilarious.
100% spot on great video
My belgian malinois used to totally run his old house, and terrorized the family. He was due to be put down when we adopted him because he was violent. The only trick he knew was paw. We never taught him that, but he still occasionally just offers his paw to us if he wants a treat.
a particular scottish gentleman who thought his girlfriends dog a certain salute comes to mind
Some guy taught his pug the ad_olf hit_ler salute. Let that sink in and tell me you still think paw is the worst thing to teach a dog.
I finde it really helpfull it tells me when she accually needs somthing as shes been shown not to over use it so when the paw comes she needs to show or tell us something. Its also a Great way to find out what she want as ill give her options like eat or play and show her what hand corelates to witch witch she then shows by giving paw to the hand with the right alternative.
We trained my moms dog "say please" instead of the normal cue "paw". He was a dutch shepherd/puggle mix. He was always super gentle about offering paw and usually only did it alongside offering his cue for beg which we called "belly rubs". So translate what we taught him, he was saying "belly rubs, please". My dads dog also knew paw. He rarely offered it without being asked, but he wasnt good about being super gentle with it, but he could do paw with either foot and only when a hand was out for him to place his paw on.
💯 agree! I’m trying to untrain my dog’s paw behavior. Also, I training him from jumping up onto my shoulders every morning to give me a “hug”.
FWIW, He’s an 18mo old yellow lab that I adopted a few days ago.
This goes for literally ANY other dog trick. Also, this is a helpful trick for drying off your pup, or cleaning their paws after a walk or a trip to the dog park.
I taught my lab to tap my hand with his nose... And now, every time we're walking he'll come tap my hand for treats...
With this one, its adorable... with paw, I can see the problem
It’s better that they give their paw themselves to say I love you or sorry when they’re in trouble lol
I can confirm that when my border collie want a treat she come over and beats you with her paw
Taught our doberman paw but she prefers chin anyway. Very entertaining when you just have your hand out for some reason and a big ol face appears in it with endless frozen patience 😂
Mate was sat next to a whole ass pillow pet in the intro 💀
The worst thing would be teaching your dog to drop bricks on strangers who randomly ring your door bell.
In my opinion, "Paw" is one of the most useful things a dog could know. Washing, drying or caring for paws, pads and claws is so easy, if the dog knows how to give a paw.
I just love that the other one is just
SMOOSH
My Brittany Spaniel is my service dog, and "paw" (which to him is actually "alert") is what he does to, well, alert. When he does this in public people think its so cute when in reality it means my blood pressure or stress level is skyrocketing lol I don't have any problems with him doing it just to get treats, though of course this is his 7th going on 8th year on the job, so he's got it down. My only problem is when hes gone without a trim, and his nails scrape me.
Glad to know I'm not the only only one who won't teach their dog "paw" or "shake." Been there, done that, never again will my dogs learn that trick.
Still remember the info page saying that a man got in prison for teaching his dog to throw bricks from the roof of his house while victims had to ring at his door, that has to be the worst
I taught my 25lb dog how to do it, and i havent had any problems. Its rlly cute and im actually trying to use it as a replacement behavior for when hes barking at people walking by the house
It’s a good trick for my older dog because he’ll just slowly put his paw on my arm when he’s sitting next to me and we make eye contact, I laugh every time💀
I can not echo this enough. My German Shepard happily slaps you on the lap thinking he's being a good boy and it's hard to untrain
My husky crossed German shepherd loves paw, as it has become his weapon of choice, a bug on the ground? Smack! Wants outside? Walks up and smacks the floor. Without it I dare say he wouldn’t carry the same character
There is a stray dog near a local street shop. Every time i went to buy something he would sit behind me paw my legs as if hes asking for something.