While it may appear simple and spontaneous, yawning is a complex skill that requires practice to achieve mastery. In this guide you will learn the three steps of the basic puppy yawn:
Step One: Preparation — Allow your body to become limp and sleepy. Clear your mind of thoughts, if you happen to have any.

Step Two: Initiate the Yawn — Extend tongue forward. Take care at this step that tongue does not trail onto ground.

Step Three: Follow Through — While withdrawing your tongue, open your mouth wide as if about to eat a giant cheeseburger. Curling the tongue at this step adds an extra flourish.

30095: Puppy yawn part 3, by Panegyrics of Granovetter, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0