Teach your dog to weave through your legs with this simple dog training tip. This tip was taken from the Dog Training Planner.
Outcome: Dog Learns to Weave Through Your Legs
This is a seven step guide to teach your dog to weave through your legs. You will need a clicker and lots of treats when teaching this trick and remember to have lots of patience with your dog. Once your dog is consistently doing the figure of 8 motion, they can move on to learn how to do a walking weave.
Step 1:
Start with your dog in front of you. Lure them through your legs in a figure of 8. Reward continually to encourage them through the movement.
Step 2:
Reduce the amount of treats you give as the dog moves through the movement.
Step 3:
Get your dog to do a complete figure of eight before giving a reward. Continue to practice until your dog in doing it consistently.
Step 4:
Add a verbal marker when your dog completes a figure of 8 by saying ‘good job.’
Step 5:
Get your dog to do multiple figure of 8’s and reward at random points with treats and the verbal marker.
Step 6:
Advance to a walking weave.