how do i train my 2 month old puppy sickim, roll over, shake a paw and speak?

[James S]

she is very smart (learned come, sit, stay in 2 days). most important command to me is sickim just to let you know but i want all. (outside dog) and i cant go to obedience school (isolated area).
she is very smart (learned come, sit, stay in 2 days). most important command to me is sickim just to let because i sometimes will need it cause of hunting but i still want all commands. (outside dog) and i cant go to obedience school (isolated area).

[Annie]

I put my dog in puppy school at Petsmart which did not teach me any of those commands. It did teach me how to teach my dog and that was fab! I can now teach my dog anything using treats, hand signals and commands.

[bridget s]

Paw. you say paw and pick up their paw.
lots of appraisal
Roll over. It takes patience on you part. Have the dog down. not on their side. Take a treat and start in front of the dog and slowly take the treat over their shoulder, so they will follow the treat. They will lean on their side and just keep following through.
Speak. You have to wait till they are already barking. I just say speak, and do my own bark, so they know what you mean. They eventually will get it.

[IloveOrlyBloom]

Why are you so interested in teaching your dog 'sickim'? Most dogs are protective of their owners anyway, you shouldn't need it.
One way of teaching shake I read about is to hold a treat in your hand, don't give it to the puppy until the puppy paws at your hand. As the puppy paws at your hand, say shake and give him/her the treat. They learn to associate the word 'shake' with putting their paw in your hand.

[Bizworth]

Here's what I did for my dog:

Roll Over: I had her lie down, then I took a treat and held it on her back hip, while saying "Roll over!" She flopped around all over the place trying to get at the treat and after about 30 seconds, she finally rolled over. Then she got the treat and lots of praise. I did this about 3 times and then she kind of figured out what to do. We kept going at it and after about 10 minutes she had the trick down pat.

Shake: I just had her sit and then I said "Shake!" Then I grabbed her paw and held it in my hand, and then praised her and gave her a treat. I did this over again about 5 or 10 times, then I started just holding my hand down and saying "Shake!" Eventually she figured out what to do, and she got lots of praise and a treat :-)

Speak: I just had her sit and I got a treat. I kept saying "Speak!" over and over again very enthusastically, I would show her the treat, sound really excited. She got really excited and eventually made a little noise with her mouth. I praised her and gave her the treat! Then we did it again, and she made a barkish type noise, she was praised and got the treat. After a few tries she started giving a real bark.

She doesn't know sick 'em so I don't know how to teach that, but a trick she does know that I really like is "Touch"

Whenever I hold my hand down by my side and say "touch," no matter where she is, she always comes and tags my hand with her nose. I started by just touching my hand to her nose myself while saying "touch", then I praised her and gave her a treat with my other hand. I did this over and over again, then I tried holding my hand down and saying "touch" without touching her nose myself. She came over and touched my hand (and promptly looked at my other hand for the treat!). I really like this trick because it was easier to teach than "Come" (for some odd reason) and it's also a good way for me to get her attention when she gets too excited.

ADD: You should also keep training sessions short and fun. When training my dog, if I notice that she's started losing her attention span, I'll give her a long break. Training a tired dog is just frustrating :-) At 2 months, her training sessions will probably need to be pretty short.

[gianna s]

give him a treat everytime he gets it right

[little lamb]

Your puppy doesn't have the attention span to learn any tricks right now. Wait until he's about six months old and show him what you want him to do. Go through it a few times and every time give him a treat or just praise him through the ceiling about how good a dog he is. He will want to do it for you.

[Elaine M]

There's a lot of dog training videos over on YouTube. And I saw a 'high five' video of a few minutes long on petfinder.com that was very easy to do.

[ponokadawg]

There will be many good suggestions here so I will, oddly for me restrain myself......LOL

I just wanted to mention that SHAKE A PAW is not really a good thing to teach a dog. It can be cute BUT it gets used as a greeting so often that it becomes so automatic they can initiate it to get praise. I've seen dogs do that to smaller kids and bowl them right over. Thay can also, without meaning to, scratch a kids face doing it, or the bare legs of a lady in a dress or shorts, or the legs of a senior whose skin is thinner and heals slower. Please think about it, there are many things you can teach that both you and the dog can be proud of....good luck!