Take It & Leave It I took Gus to puppy training several months ago. Two of the several commands were Take It & Leave It. He was having trouble "focusing" on learning. I decided he'd never learn Leave It, so I worked on the other commands. The instructor did work with him on Leave It a few times though.
Anytime, since then, it's been a challenge to get things that he shouldn't have out of his mouth. I never used Leave It.
This morning he picked something that belonged to my DW off the floor. My DW told me to take it from him. I didn't care to struggle with him, so I just said Leave It. He dropped it without hesitation. Later we went for a walk. He picked up a twig. I don't allow him to chew on twigs. It's always been a struggle to get twigs away from him. I tried Leave It, & he immediately dropped it. This repeated several times for other things to include more twigs.
It boggles to mind to think that he remembers Leave It from puppy training. This is the only time he was exposed to this command. |