The 'Touch' exercise
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Teaching the 'Touch' Quite a speeded up version. Ensure initial success by placing palm near dog's nose. Remove the food after several repetitions. In the early stages, guarantee success by only saying 'Touch' if the nose touches your hand. Move hand slightly further away over time and allow dogs nose to move to it. Again, after multiple repetitions, saying ' touch' should get the dog to locate and nose touch your open palm. if he doesn't, go back to the earlier stages of giving the cue as you ensure it happens and maybe using a food prompt in between the fingers.
Oh and keep it FUN!!