[jerryray]

Originally Posted by DBlain

where in the USA do you live, oh I how I wish you lived near me and could give me the help I need. Lola grabs anything that drops on the floor regardless if it is a food, it could be anything a pin, a button, a dryer sheet, a christmas tree ornament etc. Yesterday I kept finding her with tiny tiny red foam buds, something that could have been from a fake floral decoration, I have no idea where she was getting it from. This worries me since I am a klutz and drop things often. I am constantly chasing after her saying no drop it, but she thinks this is a game, so I distract her by throwing a toy, but a toy is not alway handy. So please tell me how you trained them on this issue. Actually now that I remember my first yorkie could be made to leave things, we could put a treat in front of him and make him leave it, but I also trained him to sit, stay, etc fairly easily. Lola thinks everything I do is a game, I use my hand to say down, and she mimics me and puts her paws out then goes down, then comes up and goes down again, if I say down three of four times she keeps doing it till finally I almost have to scream DOWN, it is funny but frustrating at the same time.

Our Dexter does the same. I can tell when he gets something because he takes off running. The last thing he had was a plastic tie used on the end of a bread loaf. Of course we run after him and drop it does not work, I have to reach in and get whatever he has.

We would love to stop this if we only could.