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LESSON 5 · Tricks That Impress

From Trick To Showpiece

You've got both tricks. Now the job changes — stop teaching them and start performing them. Speak reads like the dog is answering you; bow lands like a curtain call. Audiences forgive a wobbly middle but they remember the ending, so this is the part worth polishing.

The goal from here is fluency: a clean response the first time you ask, no second cue, no luring, no treat waved in front of the nose.