It is truly amazing to see dog tricks and through the years people have been entertained by different tricks not only by dogs but also by other animals. Animal’s tricks can be traced back from the early days of circus. To name some, big cat jumping through burning hoops, dogs catching Frisbee and jumping through hoops, elephants balancing on their hind legs and bears riding bicycles.
But looking at it deeper, watching dog tricks let us discover and appreciate the intelligence that the dog possesses and witness the great capabilities of the dog if trained in the right way.
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Benefits of dog tricks
I can say that it provides mutual benefit to the dog owner and the dog itself.
Dogs love to learn and dog tricks help your dog to ‘learn how to learn’. If your dog can learn tricks, then she can learn obedience and good manners. It can also make your dog busy physically and mentally.
Thus, he will be refrained from destruction patterns such as chewing, digging and barking. The training can also help your dog to be a better behaved dog and performing tricks can be a great way to help calm a dog down or channel his energy into something positive.
Dogs love to please you so teaching your dog tricks can be a fun and enjoyable experience for both of you. It can also form a closer bond with your dog and improve communication between the two of you.
It will also keep your dog more energetic and alert.
Reminder, as with any dog training, you will need to exert patience and consistency in your training and reward your dog with treats and other forms of positive motivation for what he has learned and can perform.
There are cases that a dog will have trouble learning a dog tricks. For example, not all dogs can learn to fetch. Some dogs have innate skills while others are not. If you’ve tried hard to teach your dog a trick and he can’t learn it, give him a break and choose another trick that’s easier for your dog.
Learning is most effective when it is fun so the best way to teach your dog a trick, is to make it fun for her. Use praise and small treats to reward your dog.
Practice new tricks only a few minutes at a time. You never want your dog to get bored when learning new things.
Lastly, before trying dog tricks to teach your dog, it is advisable that your dog learns some basic obedience commands first like sit, down and stay. Learning dog tricks will also help with his obedience training, so the two can work hand in hand, but it is best to have a foundation to work with first.
