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Originally Posted by Britster  LOL, yeah, whenever I say "want a treat?" though, I always give him a treat! LOL. So I guess that's why it works.
I'll definitely work on the "Leave It" more, thanks for the tips! The problem is whenever he KNOWS I have treats, he won't
even put anything in his mouth so it's kind of hard to teach him to drop or leave it when he's willingly dropping it without
me saying anything, know what I mean?! LOL |
nancy gave you good advice on how to train the leave it command. also, another thing that i did you might want to give a try is i used to carry treats around with me at all times. that way, milu knows that she will get a treat every time she listens to me no matter what. (since i always have the treats with me)
it's kind of a pain to carry treats with you all day but what i did was put her treats in a bag and i made kind of a necklace with the treat bag by attaching the bag to a piece of ribbon. so all day long i would wear this treat bag necklace with me. it really helped! lol! milu listened very well when i wear that 'necklace'!!!
(i know they sell treat pouchs that you can wear on your belt, but i liked my necklace better because it was more out of the way and easier for me to wear all day long)
also, you can try to teach the leave it command this way:
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Originally Posted by yorkiepuppie well, milu is my first dog. so i am not really an expert or anything! when i went to puppy school with milu, the teacher even rolled her eyes at me because i was doing a bad job training milu! i really had no clue!!!
but don't worry, they will learn once you learn how to teach them! 
the teacher told us it's really important to teach the leave it command because if there was road kill and your dog got a hold of it, then you really need them to drop it!!!!
how the teacher showed us to train them to leave it was to have the dog sit or lay down, and put a piece of treat in front of them. tell them to "leave it"
and if they take the treat try to stop them and say uh-uh. give them a treat and say "good leave it" if they don't go for the treat.
eventually, you make them wait longer and longer before you give them the treat. (and always say "good leave it" to reinforce the command) so they know why they are getting a reward.
also, once they master "leave it" you can put treats on thier paws or their nose while you make them leave it. LOL! it's really cute to see how many treats you can put on their legs and have them leave it there. hehe.
let me know if you have any questions. i don't know if i did a good job explaining how to train the "leave it" command. |