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Cover Your Nose – Kikopup Dog Tricks Training

- by MarkW2002 - 32 Comments.

This video shows how to train your dog to cover his nose with his 2 front paws. It is based on Jillian and River's tutorial for teaching cover the nose/side of head with 1 paw using luring and paw targeting- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFgz2xIpDHI&feature=youtu.be

The first step is teaching sit pretty, you can find a tutorial on how to train your dog this trick here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQUerO0woqw&t=6s

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32 Comments on “Cover Your Nose – Kikopup Dog Tricks Training”

  2. Hey Emily, do you have any videos on what to do when interacting with poorly behaved dogs. Most of the dogs we meet while out aren’t very well behaved and go crazy when interacting.

    2. I dont show dogs misbehaving. The reason is I dont want them to rehearse it. Instead I break steps up small enough that they are hopefully 100% successful along the way, so youll rarely see errors even with untrained or over excited dogs. I did also allow this dog to mouth my arm for some footage of it, because it happened so frequently, but still I felt a little bad doing it just for the footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62NNwZtbtIA I will not show a dog behaving badly just for more views on youtube… As it interferes with the training of that individual dog, and the dog is my first priority and deserves to be set up for success. 🙂

    4. I can empathize as our suburban neighborhood is so full of dogs like this. I wonder if you could teach the “Let’s go” command with increasing levels of distraction and when crossing paths with other reactive dogs at first keeping a good distance with this command before gradually getting closer.

  3. You have such smart dogs because you are smart: asking for the same behavior (cover) in different positions. I would never had come up with this idea. That is why you are a pro. Thank you.!

  6. This was amazing as always .Thank you for sharing these awesome videos for the dog training community we are so lucky and greatful for you and your amazing pups ! 🙂

    1. Kiko my Chi actually used to do it when she was beign cute and during greetings so I did use capturing to get her to do it. It took a long time but I was determined!

  9. Hi Kikopup, I have a Pomeranian. He is pretty good now, but I did have a question about Pomeranians in general. Are they harder to train due to their natural stubbornness? It literally took us a year and a half to get him fully potty trained!!!!!!!! We use the bell method. He’s fully trained on that now, but I couldn’t believe how long it actually took because most people get it down in 6-8 months. Also, some of the things my Pom does like trying to do all of his tricks at once just to get treat, is that common? I know Poms generally are a little finicky, but the things he does blows my mind sometimes 🤣 He knows all the basic commands and performs them well now. Such as sit, down, roll over, hi 5, handshake, and play dead. But it was NOT easy training him. And we’ve watched all of your videos and follow reccomendations. I mean, in the end he did learn them but it was just so difficult. Can you please let me know if this is common for Poms or am I doing it all wrong somehow? Thank you

  10. Hi, at the beginning of your video, u mention a Jillian and Rivers (chihuahua). I think they are their names. I am unable to find their video. Have u got a link please?

  11. Hello …. New member here. I have a 20 week old BC and a 15 month BC. They are both tripawed. Do you think that I should not teach them the tricks that require them to sit up on their back legs since they only have one back leg? With a trick like this one to cover their nose, do you think just using one paw is better so they have more stability? Thanks for any input.

    1. I would go to a physical therapist, some do online lessons. And get advice as to which tricks are going to be good for them and which tricks to avoid. My own dogs have certain weaknesses so I avoid certain tricks for some and focus on others for others.

    1. Hmm, I think for a dog that big, it would be hard to put paws over a nose in sit pretty, Id just do sit pretty, and then paw over the nose when laying on the side on the ground.

  14. For the first part of this trick, my dog didn’t understand to put his paws over his nose while laying down. A tip that I discovered was helpful was putting my hand lure a little in front of my dog’s nose. He felt motivated to paw at it and I later slowly worked on removing the paw-waving motion.

  15. I love this trick and am trying to teach my collie x, but we’re struggling a little. He knows ‘cover’ and will do it lying down, but only if I have a hand out to put his paws on. When I take my hand or arm away from it, he then doesn’t know what to do with his paws and just keeps waving them around at me 😂 Any tips? I’m a bit unsure how to bridge that gap.

  16. I had to come back to this video to try and pick up subtle tips to help with my training. My dog does “cover” but only lying down on his side – since he was first trained this as a puppy. Does sit pretty, wave, say your prayers but just can’t seem to get the sit and cover the nose. Stumped

  17. Thank you for sharing! I’ve been looking for a video to learn how to teach my dog that trick and a lot of them involve putting tape on their noses, not something I care to do!

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