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Have you seen the TikTok dog painting challenge where dogs use their tongues to paint? Tongue painting with your dog is a fun way to spend some time with them. Plus, the finished paintings make the perfect personalized gifts for your dog鈥檚 favorite people, such as trainers, groomers, vets, friends, or family.

Tongue Painting With Your Dog

This painting activity doesn鈥檛 require any training, so it鈥檚 something that can be done with dogs and puppies of all ages. Tongue painting would even make the perfect activity for breed club meetings, or puppy playgroup/kindergarten graduations.

To get started painting, you鈥檒l need:

• in three or four colors
• A
• A soft, spreadable treat like or (make sure it is dog-safe!)

Here鈥檚 how to get your pup painting:

1. Put dollops of different colors of paint onto the canvas.
2. Being careful not to spill or spread the paint, put the small canvas into the large zip-top bag and seal it.
3. Take peanut butter, spray cheese, or another spreadable treat and put it on the outside of the closed bag.
4. Hold the bag out to your dog or put the bag with the canvas inside on the ground. Then, let your dog begin to lick off all the treat. As your dog is licking, the paint underneath is getting creatively distributed around on the canvas, leaving a unique swirled pattern.
5. When your dog has licked off all the treat, you can open the bag and remove the canvas. Put it in an out-of-the-way place to dry.

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Teaching Your Dog To Draw or Paint

If you鈥檙e looking to take your dog鈥檚 artistic skills to the next level, you can actually teach them to draw. For this trick, your dog will learn to hold a marker or paintbrush and then draw directly onto paper.

You鈥檒l need:

• or paint
• A toilet paper or paper towel tube
• Paper or a canvas that you want your dog to draw on. also work really well if you want to send your dog鈥檚 art to someone as a gift.

Creating a Handle

To help dogs get a better grip on the brush or marker, it鈥檚 helpful to create a handle. You can do this in a variety of ways with or with small PVC pipes. However, the fastest and cheapest option is to use an empty cardboard toilet paper or paper towel tube.

Use a pencil to push a hole in one side of the cardboard tube. Then, put the back end of the marker or the handle of the paintbrush into the hole, leaving the brush or marker end sticking out. This creates a 鈥淭鈥� shape with a handle for your dog to hold. It also allows you to easily switch out different colors of markers without having to create multiple handles.

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Teach 鈥楬old鈥�

Before your dog can start drawing or painting, they need to learn how to hold a paintbrush on cue. You can use a clicker or a verbal marker word like 鈥測es鈥� or 鈥済ood,鈥� paired with a treat, to cue to your dog that they have done what you鈥檙e looking for.

Step 1: Hold the marker or paintbrush towards your dog with the cardboard handle closest to them. When your dog sniffs or otherwise investigates the handle, praise and treat. The goal is to reward any interest in the handle.

Step 2: When your dog is constantly nosing at the paintbrush, we want to increase the criteria. This time, instead of praising or treating when your dog just sniffs the handle, wait until they put their mouth onto the handle and then do it.

Step 3: When your dog consistently puts their mouth on the handle, you can start to incorporate a verbal cue of your choice like 鈥渢ake,鈥� 鈥済rab,鈥� or 鈥渉old.鈥� When your dog puts their mouth on the handle, use your verbal cue and then praise and treat.

Step 4: Now, it鈥檚 time to start adding duration so your dog holds the paintbrush or marker handle for longer. To start to do this, use your verbal cue asking your dog to hold the paintbrush or marker. Then, wait just a fraction of a second before praising or treating. Over multiple training sessions, very slowly increase the amount of time your dog holds the handle before giving them praise and treats.

Teach 鈥楾ouch鈥�

Next, you need to teach your dog to touch the page on cue. If your dog already knows a hand target or touch cue, you can use that with the paper or canvas in your hand. If your dog doesn鈥檛 already know 鈥渢ouch,鈥� here鈥檚 how to teach it:

Step 1: Hold a piece of paper out to your dog and when they sniff the paper, praise and .

Step 2: Repeat several times, rewarding your dog for interest in or sniffing at the paper.

Step 3: As your dog becomes more confident, start waiting to reward when they push against the paper instead of just when sniffing lightly.

Step 4: At this point, you can introduce a verbal cue of your choice, such as 鈥渢ouch,鈥� 鈥渂oop,鈥� or 鈥渂ump.鈥�

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Get Ready To Draw

Now that your dog knows how to hold the marker and touch the page on cue, they鈥檙e ready to start drawing or painting.

Step 1: Present your dog with the handle with the marker and ask them to hold it. Then, praise and treat.

Step 2: Practice asking your dog to nose the target paper or canvas that you鈥檙e holding. Praise or treat when their nose touches the page. Using a clipboard, or holding the paper against a notebook or binder, can help to give structure to the paper as your dog pushes against it when drawing or painting.

Step 3: Ask your dog to hold the handle of the marker or paintbrush again. Then, cue them to target the paper. The moment the paintbrush or marker touches the page praise and treat. The paintbrush or marker will have left a mark on the page鈥攜our dog just learned to draw!

Step 4: Repeat asking your dog to hold and target the paintbrush or marker to the page. Remember to keep treating each time your dog draws on the page. To help them draw on the whole page, you can rotate the paper as they draw or paint. You can point to specific places to ensure your dog is getting paint or marker on all areas of the page.

Step 5: When you鈥檙e happy with the amount of ink or paint on the page, the drawing is done and ready to hang on the fridge, frame, or gift.