How do you teach your corgi to shake?

My puppy Goldie is VERY smart she learnt sit in under 2 mins! But I m having trouble making her focus and shake. At a time of the day i will go to the cupboard and get treats out.So i can teach her. But once she knows there is treats she wont focus! I lift up her paw and say "Shake" and she doesn't care! Sometimes she lies down! So i stopped the treats business and started patting!!! But she still hasn't learnt its been a week now! SOMEONE PLZ! Help?

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on January 19, 2010 at 4:08pm

Will she sit on command? That is the first thing we taught and then went to taking the paw and saying shake. As soon as she lifts her paw even a little quickly say Good or Ok (using a happy tone). If she does the wrong thing say no and start over. However first you need to have the sit command down. We make ours sit before feeding so they learned it really quick.

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Permalink Reply by Alice on January 19, 2010 at 5:27pm

I agree, sit is a must if you are going to teach shake. We first taught sit, then shake, stay, down and so on.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel & Goldie on January 19, 2010 at 11:50pm

Kaly & Toby,

We did it on wood tiles in our house and then on the carpet. But she still refuses too lift up her paw

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Permalink Reply by Rachel & Goldie on January 19, 2010 at 11:51pm

she knows sit already

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on January 20, 2010 at 8:01am

Just consistently say shake and take her paw. Do you hold your hand out down low? That will help. Reward any effort to shake including when she just shifts her weight to make it easier for you to take her paw.

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Permalink Reply by Alice on January 20, 2010 at 12:12pm

Did you try doing it the way I mentioned earlier in the discussion yet? It worked so quickly for Finn as well as my Mom's dog I just want to know if it works for her.