[nagdu] Teaching a dog to shake itself off when wet.

[Vivianna]

Hi.
i have trained all of my dogs to shake off their hairs on command.
i start by giving a command when i take off the harness or, right after the dog gets up.  these are prime shake hairs opportunities.
if the dog does not shake then, i take my hands and fluff up their fur a lot and try again.
this works great.  
i don’t let my dog shake in a restaurant, for example, i make her wait until we are either at the door or outside.  and, i have her shake off if she is wet as well.
i just stand there until she does it.  
so, say, i get home from the light rail station and, we just walked in the snow.  i take off the harness and say, shake hairs,  if she doesn’t shake off then, i wait and say, shake hairs, again.  if she still doesn’t do it then i mess up her fur and say it a third time.  she shakes to fix her hairdo.

Vivianna
	
> On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Deanna Lewis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Does anyone have any tips on how to teach a dog to shake itself off when it is wet? This would be very beneficial when the dog is sopping wet and you are going into the house, or onto a bus... My dog will generally shake himself off when I take off his harness, but not always. Thank you!
> Deanna and Pascal (who retires in less than 4 weeks)
> 
> -- 
> This email was Virus checked by UTM 9. http://www.sophos.com
> 
> Sent from the Clovernook email system
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/irishana%40gmail.com