Encourage them to touch the target with their nose and reward them when they do.
How to teach a dog to close a sliding door.
Sometimes your dog will push the door extra hard.
1 stick the post it note or other target to the door close to the edge at nose height to your dog.
This will teach your dog to associate the action with the door itself rather than a square of paper.
All it takes is four 5 10 minute training sessions to teach your dog this cool and useful trick.
Once he s mastered that sliding door you can move onto the next.
Tap it a couple of times if your dog doesn t see it.
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Teach your dog how to close the door in 30 40 minutes.
Repeat this exercise until your dog goes to touch the target straight away.
Some handles are going to be impossible for your dog to master round knobs for example.
In this tutorial find out how you can train your dog to close doors on cue.
We have two dogs george and gracie.
In this video you can see john performing close the door and i ll offer a few tips on how you can teach the same trick to your dog.
It s important he understand all sliding doors work the same otherwise you may find him sat outside the next sliding door with the same puzzled look on his face he had before his door opening days.
Teach a service dog to open or close a door.
Stand directly next to the door and show your service dog the note.
Now your dog can push a door open and shut it is time for the challenge of handles.
Anything is possible with a positive approach.
Find out how to teach your dog to pull on cue using a game then apply this to opening doors drawers and cupboards.
Teaching your dog to touch the target on a door next put the target against an open door at the same height as your dog s nose.
We moved into our new house and decided to replace the patio door with a sliding glass door with a dog door so they could go play whenever they wanted.
Encourage her to nose bump the paper.
Let me know what you think.