When it comes to training your dog, teaching him to touch your hand with his nose is a great foundation skill. In the latest article from The Happy Puppy Site, Pippa shows us how teach hand targeting dog training. Including a lovely little video, starring gorgeous Cocker puppy Finn!
Such a powerful thing and so easy to teach. I use it to move my dogs around without having to touch them or put them on a lead. It's improved both my dogs delivery. It's also a really good measure of how distracted they are, if they can't do a hand touch they won't be capable of doing anything else.
Oh yes - essential for our (Guide Dog) pups as their owners can't see them - only feel and hear them! .
Oh yes! I can immediately tell if Ella's over the threshold when I ask for a hand touch and she responds by throwing all 25kgs of herself into the palm of my hand, while looking at something else!
