Teach dog to Play Dead! 

My puppy picked this up pretty quickly (about two 5 minute sessions). But now this silly dog keeps falling out when he sees me with his treats! LMAO. I'm like dude we're working on something new!

why do I find myself giving the dog words of encouragement through the screen..?

We learned to roll over first. So now when i tell my dog to lay down he rolls like 4 times in a row😂 Update: He can do it 😄

My dog is so smart that I just simply showed this video to him and then mimic this trick all by himself.

I'm teaching my aussie to sniff out unprotected wi-fi . I Almost have it down after a few hours.

My dog has just learned this command today! I am so happy. And yes, definitely the hardest part was teaching him how to roll. Stay relaxed was pretty easy

it's 1:36 am, I don't have a dog, and I don't know what I'm doing here

wow first time a video actually started off with an untrained dog until he was trained all the while actually explaining things along the way, appreciate it . plus the trainers pretty cute so that doesn't hurt

I taught this to my whippet in one day, but all of my reinforcements were down on the ground in the "dead dog" position. It is a fun trick!

This has been the best RU-vid video so far on step by step practical teaching of bang/play dead I’ve come across!

She's doing it! only took about 45 minutes! And the second JRT watched and has it half way down already. :) Thanks!

Contain your emotions, lady!

The breaking down and step by step tutorial of this trick is so helpful. Thank you!

This makes much more sense then doing it from a standing position he just lays down not on his side and waits for a treat! I started this two days ago and he has went from a lay down to a relaxed bang position lolz thank you!

Taught my dog using this video thank you!! She’s mastered it now

Thank you! This helped me a lot, and my dog only took an hour to learn it!

ahh this is frustrating my dog isn't that smart it only knows the easy tricks like: sit, lie down, stay, shake, and it pees outside but i know my dog is just trying to please me

Awesome video! My dog caught on to the full trick within an hour. After that I made her perform the trick once a day for a week until she perfected it.

I can't get over how excited she was

With this video my spaniel learned this trick after just two training sessions!Thank you!

what am I doing here? I don't even have a dog

Your dog is gorgeous, and so eager to learn. I love how she just drops to the floor when you say down. Too cute :')

every time i time i try this my dog just rolls over (because he learned rollover before this) and he won't stop

I ended up teaching her to role over XD and she is really good at it too!

I enjoyed watching the tutorial. Good work! The trainee really got excited once she knew the full behavior. That's always fun to see the ah ha moment.

3 AM , don't have a dog and still watching these video

Yes, you can use a pen light in lieu of a clicker. Or, if the task involves the dog facing you, use a hand gesture, like thumbs up, OK, or shaka sign.

OH, well done, thank you!! To break down the steps like that is so helpful. I just realized my mistake, and I can now identify why my dog 'over acts' lol It's cute, but I didn't train the sphinx down to a roll, to build up muscle memory! Can't wait to do that, now. :D

I showed this to my husky... Now she can send a virus to scammers computers.

It took me like 30 mins w my pit bull he’s 3 months and I used a finger gun motion saying pop pop, great video.

I have been trying to teach my 7 month old puppy this for 2 weeks! I just watched your video and I was doing it all wrong.. Thank you so much!!😁

Thank you so much!! Hopefully, I'll be putting up a video response in a couple weeks showing my little guy playing dead!

Wow could she sound more excited to be doing this? Jeez

Excellent! And such a patient trainer. We look forward to trying this with our staffy X mastiff tomorrow. He learnt how to shake today.

This is the first training video I’ve watched where the dog doesn’t already know the trick! I’m going to try this on my girl tomorrow!

Saying bang early on is the best way . She over complicated this . My puppy learned this without a clicker

So cute❤ i love dogs they are truly a mans best friend😊

Many different types, ranging from just kibble, to higher value rewards like real meat. The higher value rewards are reserved for difficult behaviors or training amidst distractions.

great video. Someone finally showed the errors that take place getting to the finished exercise. How long are these sessions? I saw there was some editing did your dog get a break at those times?

Suggestion if I may...I noticed the dog is affected by the smell of food in the lure hand so I would take the food with the reward hand to prevent the focus being away from the behaviour towards the focus being in the reward. Hope this makes sense 👍😉

amezing took my dog 5-10 min to learn, didnt do 100% as video describe but without you're help i would not have done it!

Lots of people comment that "play dead" is a morbid stick. Instead, call it "Naptime" and make the cue "Naptime!" plus visually look like you are putting your hands under your pillow and pretending to sleep instead.

Ok so I previously taught my dog to roll and every time I do this he just rolls

This is an amazing program. Trainings like these are very rare. galid dog training (Just search google) has all the tools and equipments necessary to turn even the most stubborn dog into a perfect adorable dog

Whenever I try to teach my dog she always stands up when I lure the treat towards her back. I try to give it to her while she's laying down but once it gets too far she just stands up and then she gets frustrated because I'm not giving her the treat. She has never once shifted on her side for me to get any further than a down. Are there other methods? This is the only one I've seen and it just isn't working...

I guess some more words of praise would be most welcome by the dog.

You are welcome! We look forward to seeing it.

If you cue "Sit" and she goes straight to "Play Dead", no click, no treat. If you cue "Sit" and she Sits and pauses half a beat, click, treat If you cue "Bang" and she goes to Sit and stays there in sit for too long, no click, no treat. If you cue "Bang" and she goes to "Play Dead", click, treat. This is the process of establishing cue discrimination and stimulus control. Good luck!

The best way to teach a dog is to let them learn by watching and listening to you. Every dog has a different personality, so they can all learn without treats.

You don't need a clicker or any complicated stuff. Just put him in to the position and do it whilst doing the hand gesture you want him to lie down when he sees

Thank you so much, this was the most helpful video that I found

this was great. Thanks a lot. it was extremely helpful.

i have a dog. and then i try this trick, but the hardest part is when my dog actually already know about relax position and then she did not want to react at my hand to fliping or lure position

i have a dumb boxer i wonder if this will work

Every dog and trainer is different! It is hard to predict. I would advise to train for short periods of time each day, vs overly long sessions though.

Go back and re-teach sit. If you say sit, click/treat for sit. If you cue "bang" and she plays dead, click/treat. If you cue sit, and she plays dead, no click, no treat. That is how she can start discriminating cues.

Giving her way to many treat's and you need to mix it up with physical reward also such as petting and positive reinforcement

Thanks my 4 year old learned it real quick!

while watching this, my cat Delilah, and the cat I'm babysitting, Sphinx, were rather upset that the video was saying their names. great video. I wish my APBT would drop into a Down like that.

Thank you this is very helpful my dog I taught him how to roll with this and then also I talk him play dead thank you

My puppy so smart that I did it was by myself one out no video she learned it really fast

Woaw its works to my pomeranian 4mnth old, at first he just couldnt get it, and then i tried to put my hand near his head. Its worked, magic 😂

Beginning was so helpful

Nice trick....like fading commands as it shows in the video, it would be good to use a fading technique with the treats. Don't want to have to give a treat every time at some point. I'm sure you have it covered in another video.

Excellent - I like to throw the treat to also teach the dog to catch it. But not all dogs like to catch

Yeah, don't try this with your mother-in-law, believe me. Even backchaining and trying to the fade the signals didn't work.

Its very helpful and dog learned it and now all day we play bang bang 😆👈👈👈👈

My dog is a therapy dog and this would be a cute trick

I don’t know who that dog is but when she got it i was proud

My dog is trained to "stick em up " when I do finger guns. Don't want to confuse him, any other hand signal you can think of that I could use?

You're doggy is wonderful!

both of my pit-bulls learned this without a clicker, and without so many treats.. I actually taught them with little pieces of fruit.

Amazing video!! I taught my dog to play dead in 1 day!

i have just training my dog and i was wondering what is the importance of the clicker thing and is it necessary to use or it has relatives ??

Meet my new pup Jiro! 😊 watch us grow with him every week! He has his own RU-vid channel.

Very nice ! Remember to smile, even on the camera ;)

I’m definitely giving to teach my dog this!

My puppy is Mogli , if I hold her treat in my hand for longer than expected time then she does everything 1 after 1 whatever she learnt before to get the treat. Lol.

I dont have a dog yet, but how long did it took you to learn your dog to do that? 4 or 5 days maybe? I need answer, thanks :).

I'm happy with handshake

the dog automaticaly sits down xD

My dog won’t go on his side like he did it a few times but now he’s like “Oop don’t want to fall on my side!” And I’m like “But that’s what your supposed to do-

My dog is 6month old he knows sit, lue down, high five, shake, roll over, circle (through the legs), jump, stay, come, I think that's it lol

thank you very much

We do it as “pew” with finger guns! It is so cute, but she doesn’t stay still, she is the least convincing dead dog ever!!

This takes time so don't think it's going to take 10 min . Couple of hours per step .

I teached it but whenever i have treats and look at him he throws him self to the floor lmao

Hey Treatpouch. I just got a Border Collie, she 4 months old. When would be the best time to start teaching her tricks, and what are best for treats? Thank you-Ben

This actually works!! Love it

very helpful, I'm teaching my Bucky the Boston these tricks :)

Lol the last attempt is actually what my death is gonna look like one day... *gets shot *makes sure floor is clear of obstructions *fall and wait to be fed

this is roll over!

Good way of training!

That doggy is gonna get fat learning this. LOL

why are people saying mean things on their dog not being smart or retarded? can't expect the dog to learn a trick in one day or right away, took my dog sometime to learn a new trick, just have to be patient

Hi, I have a little Bichon Shih tzu. I am trying to teach this trick to him. Today is the first day. I spent around 20mins with him..what is the general time span for this type of dog to learn this trick? 1 day, 1 week?

Thank you this worked !

My cute Pomeranian puppy is still trying to learn all these tricks that I watched on RU-vid and Safari, AND HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW ALL THESE TRICKS EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IVE BEEN TRYING TO TEACH HIM. He is cute but pretty much I would say "Not very smart" what he does. I mean every time I do it,HE JUST SITS DOWN AND THEN LIE DOWN THEN JUST STARES AT ME TILL I GIVE HIM MY FREAKIN TREAT. IM JUST GOING TO GIVE UP ON DOING TRICKS FOR HIM! plus he does naughty things like jump on the table when I am not looking. Then I come to the kitchen then I just see everything is gone but the peppers on the plate. My dog he doesn't like peppers because it's hot. Then after that he runs all over the place like an animal that came from the WILD. The thing about my dog is that he is cute and doesn't pee in the house like some of the other dogs in my neighborhood. But my dog I think I'm just going to live with it because my children really want to keep him. He also made other 1,2,3,4,5 year olds cry too. But I have to live with it see fur flying all over the house. ;(

Thank you for learning

aw yeah! i got the trick with my 8 yr old dog!