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Shut The Door Buddy: Simple Dog Tricks To Teach and Impress-Part2

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...... the door without having any reward in sight, but after he shuts it in response to your command reward him with a treat. In the first lessons you need not be particular about having the door closed tight, but in later stages, insist upon its being done before any reward is given.

Dogs can be taught easily to open swinging doors, but opening fastened doors is a much more difficult act, and is possible only with those that have the easiest and simplest latches.

To teach a dog to open a swinging door call his attention to it and push it open at the bottom. Do this a number of times every day for several days, then go through the door, closing it after you, and leave your dog on the other side; call him and he will soon learn to push the door open in order to reach you.
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To teach a dog to open a latch, hold the dog up to it and push it back with his paw, and say 'open door' to associate this trick with this command and continue to give him practice in this way until he will push it back without your assistance.

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Moses Chia is a dog lover and owner of DogsObedienceTraining.com ' The dog training resource site for a happier and healthier dog. You are welcome to reprint this article if you keep the content and live link intact.

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