{"id":10283,"date":"2020-01-16T20:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/?p=10283"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T12:47:18","slug":"teach-your-dog-to-cheek-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/teach-your-dog-to-cheek-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Your Dog to Cheek Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What types of useful behaviors can you teach with targeting? In last week\u2019s blog Teaching Your Dog to Hand Target, we explored the many useful applications of teaching your dog to target the palm of your hand with his nose. Once you have a solid hand target, you can build on it by teaching your dog to target other body parts, such as his cheek. 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