How to Train Your Dog to do a Hand Target
It's useful to teach your dog to touch their nose to your hand. It is also simple. Read more. First and Second Steps Put some cheese or another treat for your dog under your thumb, and your dog will not find it. It's important that the rest of your hand be flat. Put your hand close to your dog's nose, around two inches away. Your pet will sniff everywhere and probably definitely touch her nose to your hand as she investigates. When her nose comes into contact with the reward, you should exclaim "yes!" and then open your thumb so that she may consume it. If you continue to act in this manner for 10 times, your dog will begin to assume that you have lost your mind. Put out your hand in the same manner, but this time there should not be anything beneath your thumb. When your dog touches you this time, instead of saying "No," say "Yes!" and feed it from the other hand. Continue doing this another ten times. The Third and Fourth Steps Now, present...