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It depends on a number of factors. It can depend on what breed of dog you have. Labs are smarter and learn faster than Bull Mastiffs. German Shephards are smarter than most other breeds. It depends if the dog has a natural tendancy to use it's paw in a 'shaking' motion? My dog naturally used her nose to push her ball to us when she wanted to play. We capitolized on this natural tendancy, giving it the name " Push it". When we saw that she was about to push the ball to us, we'd say "push it!" and eventually, she learned to do it on command. Younger dogs learn faster than older dogs. Healthy dogs learn faster and are more willing to learn than sick dogs. It depends how much time and commitment you're willing to put into training. Repetition and positive reinforcement are the keys. Most dogs are motivated by food. Google ways to train a dog to shake for a method, than stick with it. But to give you a rough estimate, it took 2 weeks to train my 5 year old Bull Mastiff (who had a recent bout with Encephalitis and I suspect is now a bit ...slow) to learn to shake. She had absolutely no natural tendancy to use her paw in a shake-like motion. I used food as a motivator and we practiced probably 3 sessions per day, with probably 5-10 attempts to get her to shake each session. When she was 2 years old, I taught her to roll over (much more complicated than learning to shake) in 3 days.

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