Targeting or ‘Touch’

Step 1: Using a flat hand with your palm towards your dog, place your hand close to your dog's nose.

Step 2: When they move their nose closer and go to smell your hand, touch their nose, 'mark' and treat.

Step 3: Do this a few times and then begin moving your hand a great distance away, little by little.

Step 4: Once your pup reliably recognizes that when they touch your hand they get rewarded, start adding the verbal cue 'touch' just as your dog's nose touches your palm. Then 'mark' and treat.