My dog was taught to shake with both paws but, she favors the left...so are dogs like people on some of this? Do they usually favor a paw?

I remember that my dog favored a paw. I think it was the left as well.

When you want your dog to shake hands, you will normally extend your own right hand. Maybe your dog responds by raising the corresponding paw - the left one.

my dog was usually the one who initiated the shaking
we actually taught her to shake as a way to greet people that didn't involve pouncing on them.

Thaks Ewood I never thought of that

Methos...that is so cute!

I think my dog favors her right paw. It's the one she normally lifts when she's begging for something, and the one she usually gives me first when I ask her for a paw.