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05-19-2011, 12:09 PM | #1 |
No Longer A Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: usa
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| When does the picking up everything to chew end????? Well Keno is completely house trained, but now I need to figure out a way to have him quit picking up everything and chewing on it. Stone, leaves, grass, you name it he tries to chew it. I am getting really tired of prying his mouth open to remove another foreign object. And that is after I chase him around for a while. Trade use to work, but he is over that now, so the chase is on. |
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05-19-2011, 12:27 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Brooklyn,NY
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| maybe start training Keno on the "leave it" command. We're working on that ourselves. It's so hard from them to control their doggie impulses! |
05-19-2011, 12:30 PM | #3 |
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| You need to train "leave it" and "drop it" commands.
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05-19-2011, 12:34 PM | #4 |
Gidget & Sidney's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: PA
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| I agree, I would teach "leave it" and when he does give it to you give him some kind of reward at first - treat, a toy he likes. Eventually, he will learn giving up what he has in his mouth works out in his favor. |
05-19-2011, 12:46 PM | #5 |
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| Tried the trade deal, he was good with that for about a month, I used treats, but then he grew tired of that and went to the grab and chase. Apparently that is more fun. Leave it and drop it are ongoing at this time. I just prayed he would somehow outgrow this stuff. He was so easy to house train, and he hardly ever bites, now if we can just get him to chew only good things. |
05-19-2011, 03:47 PM | #6 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
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| Princess was really bad about finding something & heading for the hills....it was a big game to her. I taught her drop it using her ball (most prized possession) for a tiny treat. Now she almost always drops "it" without me saying more than that. I don't pretend to go after her or even shift my position as she'll either run or gulp what she has. It did take a while & still sometimes I have to "lecture" her...("You put that down right now, that is naughty!") but before that's over she'll drop it and I still reward her to remind her that good things come from that. I think it just may be an ongoing effort for some dogs. The leave it command is even better & safer I think, that way they don't even get the "something" in their mouth. I'd just recommend consistent positive reinforcement & expect for it to take a while unfortunately. Good luck!
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