In honor of the upcoming holiday…Halloween…we are participating in our first ever Giveaway and Blog Hop!
The Trick or Treat Giveaway Hop is co-hosted by our amazing friends over at Kol’s Notes and Beagles & Bargains.
How does the Trick or Treat Giveaway Hop work?
Fifteen amazing bloggers (ChiPets included) created posts dedicated to teaching you one of their favorite dog TRICKS.
The TREAT is, every one of of those blogs also has an option for you to enter an amazing giveaway with nearly $600 in prizes which is open from October 20th until October 30th, 2016.
Get it? Trick or Treat!
To make it easy, we’ve even taken the time to link to each blog’s trick for you at the end of this post.
PLUS, there will be a bonus giveaway happening only on Instagram, so be sure to follow us so you don’t miss out!
Now, for our TRICK:
How to Teach Your Dog to Wave
Teaching your dog to wave is a fun and simple behavior that can open the door to teaching other tricks. Now, typically when you wave, you use your whole hand. BUT, since we’re small, we use just one finger to cue the wave. Simply follow the three easy steps below, and your dog will be waving in no time!
Step 1: Choose a delicious treat and a non-distracting environment. If you have more than one dog, it is best to train this trick (or any trick) with only one dog at a time.
Step 2: With a treat in your hand, reach toward your dog’s paw. When they lift up their paw, give them the treat. If they don’t lift up their paw, it’s okay to use your hand to gently lift their paw and give them the treat.
Step 3: When your dog starts anticipating the treat and starts lifting their paw before your hand gets close to their paw, you can now start adding your cue (again, we use the word “wave” and one finger, but you can use whatever feels comfortable to you). Repeat, repeat, repeat, and soon you will have the wave on cue!
Always remember to keep things positive when you are teaching a new trick!
And Now For the Giveaway Treats!
GRAND PRIZE:
$300 Gift Card to PetSmart
SECOND PRIZE:
14 bag assortment of Caru’s Soft ‘n Tasty Baked Bites and Baked Bars $100 VALUE – SPONSORED BY
CARU
THIRD PRIZE:
1 bag of canine beef lung treats, 1 bag of canine beef liver treats, 1 bag of canine beef tendon treats$80 VALUE – SPONSORED BY NATURE’S LOGIC
FOURTH PRIZE:
Nice Mussels, Wishes, Pecks (8 oz), Beams (7 oz), Quickies, and Smooches (16 oz)$72 VALUE – SPONSORED BY THE HONEST KITCHEN
ENTER HERE:
Don’t forget to visit ALL of the participating blogs (listed at the end of this post) for more chances to win and to learn more tricks. Each time you enter, you also receive an entry for our four (4) Prizes!
PLUS follow all the blogs on Instagram for a chance to win a SPECIAL PRIZE:
Custom Bow Tie from Brooklyn Bowtied
AND
$20 Gift Card to PetSmart
Follow #TrickorTreatDogs !
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Sarcastic Dog: Overcoming a Fear
No, we don’t really do tricks here =) They tend to mind pretty well tho!
My dog is working on this trick. She’s a timid rescue but smart and wants to do well.
Adorable!! Well done cuties 🙂 I’d love to teach my dogs this trick. I will have to work with them on it 🙂 Thanks for the training tips!
My dogs only know to sit and they do that when they want to lol. I think it is cool the way they taught them
This would be a gift for my friends dogs to share. They know many tricks.
Ha! I like the wave trick. Definitely want to teach my dogs this one.
My dogs don’t know this, exactly, but they know how to shake paws and I’ve been working with them on high-5, so I don’t think it would be that much of a stretch for them to wave from that.
No dog, I’d love to win the gc and any dog treats I win will go to local shelter. My cat can high five which is close.
My dogs could really use the gift card!
My dog doesn’t know this trick.
What a cute trick but no, my dog does not do this trick
What a cute trick! 🙂 My dog does not know this.
No My dog doesnt know this trick
My dog waves when she thinks she is being ignored (ie not getting fed dinner fast enough or given the treats she wants).
Cow just recently starting waving, I adapted it from Shake by taking my hand away instead of shaking her paw. I also try to reward her highest waves, so her waves have been getting wavier these past few days. Such a cute trick!
She does know this trick. We actually just discovered it by accident, it seemed to be a natural tendency of hers, so I went with it and rewarded her for it.
My dog doesn’t know this trick. I have a 4 year old Boxer, & she’s really hyper and gets excited easily.. so sometimes she has difficulty trying to pay attention long enough to learn tricks lol.
Yes, my dog know how to wave. I did not teach her this way though, I just captured her with the wave, and marked the behavior with a cue. She now randomly goes up to people and waves. 🙂
we know a few tricks and they love treats so they do try to do this one
Aww, so cute! My dog does not know this trick but it is on the to do list.
Stormy does know this trick! He started learning left and right shake and was so excited for his dental treats, it quickly morphed into a super excited waving motion. Easy to link different tricks when you have a VERY food motivated Chihuahua ?
My pups do not know this one – My chichi can ‘hold my hand’ though, which is super cute!!
1 of my 3 dogs can do this. The Australian Shepard is really good at learning tricks.
My dog doesn’t do any tricks.
That’s one thing my dog can’t/won’t do.
Anxious to try this trick with my two pups!
Yay! Let us know how it goes!
My dog knows a lot of tricks, but not this one. Yet. Treats might help the learning process.
Love learning easy ways to help my old dogs learn new tricks! Thank you!
My dog doesn’t know this one but I think we’ll work on it
Bo has been learning to shake and sit for about 4 yrs. He also loves to stand up and give you a hug.
So cute but my dog Shelby does not know this trick!! Might be fun to teach her though!
No, my dog doesn’t know that trick. Thanks for sharing.
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My dog will give me her paw so this should be an easy trick to learn.
The cat wanted to wave too, right? That was funny! I’ll have to try this trick with Luke, we like to do some simpler ones sometimes; especially after we’ve bombed on a more complicated one (we had to put both roll over and turn off lights aside due to lack of progress).
Luke does a high five. Is it kind of the same thing, getting them to do a similar motion, but without meeting my hand? I just want to be sure not to get him confused on the two!
LOL, yes, our cat waves too, and he wanted the treat! Yes, wave is similar to High Five. To avoid confusion, make sure your hand signal looks different. And be sure you don’t use your High Five cue to start the Wave. Once your dog is waving, you can then “test” to make sure he knows the difference by asking for one, then the other.
My dog does not know this trick.
Oh the waves are so precious! I would love to teach ours to do that! Cute!!! Ours will sit on command…or at least most of the time. If there is a squirrel or rabbit around…its hopeless. LOL
Thank you! It would be hard for any dog to focus on a trick with a squirrel or a rabbit around! LOL
super cute ! i need to teach YoYo that trick!
Fun idea!! My huskies give high fives but I haven’t taught wave!
No my dogs can not wave
My dogs can not do this.
My dogs don’t know how to wave.
My chi does not know this trick but it is adorable and plan to teach her.
Yay! We’re so glad to hear you plan on teaching Wave!
This is such a cute trick my 3 dogs dont wave but do other tricks for us so cute
This is the cutest video! I think I could easily teach my dogs this trick. Thanks for sharing.
Aww, thank you so much Mary! We’re glad you liked it!
Great prizes! Good luck to all! I love the wave trick!
Super cute!! Can’t wait to teach it to my furkids!
This is so cute! Miley will give us a high five but she hasn’t quite gotten the waving down yet!
OMG Way too cute. And the blooper, what a hoot. Great way to teach wave.
I have trouble teaching my dog to distinguish between Paw shake, high five & wave. They’re so similar!
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I taught Kilo to shake his right and hi 5 his left this way but now he gets muddled with cues and will offer “say your prayers” ie both paws standing or shake or hi 5. I have not quite got him to say seated and wave one paw. We keep working on it as he loves doing tricks and getting treats. We wanted to learn “sit pretty” and wave too but he still can’t seem to balance.
Putting tricks under stimulus control is probably the hardest thing about training tricks. We learned that was important (and how to do it) after teaching a big dog to close cabinets. You only get your head closed in a cabinet once before you learn stimulus control! (P.S. it was a human who got shut in the cabinet, not a Chihuahua)
So cute! I have not taught this trick to my kitties, but I think that you have done a great job teaching your pups. Excellent giveaway too! What pet wouldn’t want $300 in treats from PetSmart? 🙂
My pup waves.. but we say paw five!
That’s a great cue!
Such a cute trick! Teaching tricks is great for many reasons.
No i never could teach that. But he does know how to shake both his paws.
If you can teach shake, you can teach wave! It’s just as simple, and having shake first even makes it easier!
We are still working on shake, but once we master that we will give this a try!
Neat trick! I taught my dog “paw” so he should be waving on no time.
It’s not a trick I ever thought of teaching my dog. But I will give it a try.
Will work on this one 🙂
My dog does not know the trick.
My dog does not know this trick but I plan to teach it to him.
My dog can shake, so this should be pretty easy to teach him.
I really have to get better at working with my dogs on tricks. This is really cute.
Well heck that looks and sounds easy enough! Will give it a try with our Lyla. Our Glover (RIP) could high five he was so sweet and cute.
Thanks for the chance to win these great prizes!
It is super easy and fun! You’re very welcome, and we’re sorry for your loss of Glover. It’s always too soon…
I’ve never tried this trick before. I love how easy it is! Wait till the holidays when my dog knows all these awesome tricks!
Tricks are a blast for the holidays. They’re a great way to keep the family entertained and give your dog something to do!
Such a fun trick! Goose loves to wave, we also added wave to his sit pretty and its pretty darn adorable! great post!
Thanks Kerri! I bet a wave in a sit-pretty is adorable!
Wow! These are a lot of really great prizes!!
This is adorable – I’ve seen lots of dogs shake on command but not wave.
Harley knows how to wave but I am realizing that we never taught Charlie. I like your method – going to put it on the list for the rainy weekend ahead of us!
What a cute trick and what a great giveaway opportunity!
Unfortunately my dog doesn’t know any tricks. I’ve tried to teach her several times in the past but she just doesn’t get it.
This is a great trick to try for a dog who can be difficult to train new behaviors. It is simple and requires a lot of rewards, so most dogs love it!
Nope, our dogs don’t know this trick. We need to get busy!
Wow what great prizes.
Someone is going to be very very lucky
We wish it was us, but the rules say we can’t enter! 😉
Oh my goodness, that video was so cute and I loved the cat paw blooper! 🙂 My dog knows how to roll over and play dead. But now that he’s a senior dog with back issues, we don’t make him do either. So, come to think of it, I’m not sure if he would still do them!
Thank you Rachel! And this trick is great for seniors…it doesn’t require much athletic ability (no balancing or super fast/active movements), so it might be a great one for your boy!
I’m entering to win the gift card for my sister, who is a cat lady! I’m not sure her cats know any tricks, beyond driving her crazy.
Haha! We have three cats, and while two of them know tricks, the third is 100% just good at driving us crazy too!
I adore this! Love the little guys waving. I’m going to teach this to Mick and Romeo. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Yay! We’re so glad to hear that! The Wave is truly a fun (and adorable) trick to teach.
Rolly knows no tricks. He is my dumb dumb friend.
Maybe it’s time to teach him something new! You’ll have a lot of ideas after visiting all 15 blogs!
my pooch can’t wave, but she can shake!
Then you’re already half way to a wave!
No, never taught my dog this “trick”. He does it anyways when he wants to shake my hand but I’m not paying attention. Though it’s not waving, it’s more so just lifting his arm, as he’s a large golden.
You’re right, that teaching the Shake first, really helps make it easier to teach the Wave. You’d probably have this in ONE step since you already have a Shake!
my dog doesnt know this one but will teach him
Yay! We’re so glad you’re going to teach Wave!
He does not know this trick, his only tricks are sit, shake and get your pillow.
Once you’ve taught Shake, it’s really simple to teach wave. Just start rewarding your dog for raising his paw when you’re reaching for a shake before he touches you for a shake. After a few early rewards, he’ll start to get it!
My dogs haven’t learned any tricks yet – we haven’t had a chance to work with them
Even “sit” counts as a trick. But don’t worry, dogs can learn tricks at any age, so while they love to learn as youngsters, they can learn when older too.
My dog does not know this trick.
My dogs know it, but I can’t remember exactly how I taught it. Shaping in some form.
Yay for positive training methods! We use shaping for a lot of our tricks too!
Nope.. my dog does not know this trick.
He doesn’t yet know this trick, I like it though!
We’re glad you like it!
Cute video! I love those girls so much.
Thanks Amanda! They make our lives complete. And the video makes us LOL…they have such different “styles”.
This is Koda’s favorite trick.
he doesn’t know this one yet, need to get to working with him on it 🙂
My dogs shake but not wave. Good idea for another trick though. I will have to try to teach them..
Wave is even easier to teach if you have Shake first. You’ll have no trouble at all!
I need to teach wave to Nala and Cody it is too cute and results in adorable pictures!
Yes! We think so too!
Our dog knows “Shake” which looks close to wave. I wonder if it would be good to transition to “wave” or if it would confuse her.
It won’t confuse her! Shake is actually a great transition trick to Wave. Just don’t ask for “Shake”, so when you take your hand away to reward without touching, you’re not “faking her out”. You’re simply rewarding early in order to teach a new trick. After a few early rewards you’ll have Wave!
It’s been so long since I taught it I don’t remember if I lured it or shaped it. He does know it though!
Thats so cute! My dog doesn’t know wave but she does know shake and high five!
Thank you! Since you have Shake and High Five, you could teach Wave super quickly if you wanted too!
Terra knows this trick, but Bella and Kronos don’t yet! 🙂 Love Porky’s wave-sooo cute!
Porky does everything at turbo speed, LOL
My dog can’t wave but this is cool!
Neat! My dog doesn’t know this yet.
My dog doesnt know this one!
my oldest knows lots of tricks, she was a very fast learner, the 2 younger girls know a few, it takes time and being consistent to train to do tricks. my oldest could prance, roll over and play dead, dance, shake, etc. the 2 younger girls just do the normal ones, except the youngest can talk and curl up her lip
LOL, a lip curl…what a cute trick!
Cute trick
So cute! Love this fun blog and contest. Love learning these new behaviors.
Aww, thank you Ashley!
we don’t know this trick but this is adorable!
Thank you so much Ellie!
Yes, both of mine can do this. We call it more shaking than waving, but we trained them the same way.
My dog knows several tricks so far such as sit, lay, speak, high-five and shake :). I use a very similar method as you to teach him new tricks. We are currently working on teaching him how to call the Hogs (Arkansas Razorbacks).
LOL, sounds cute! We love unique tricks!
Yup! My dog Jasper Zen knows this and 100 more tricks!
Awesome post 🙂
Wow! That’s great Jen!
My dogs don’t know this trick yet
Don’t have a dog, so no. Cat person that’d love to win the Petsmart card. Any doggie treats would be donated.
Our cat waves too! That’s why his paw ended up in our video. And our cat LOVES these all natural dog treats. Maybe it’s time to teach your cat a trick!
Neat trick! My dog doesn’t know it yet.
no, sadly we don’t know this trick!