[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by baileysmom31

My best tip is playing the game "trade". Bailey is really bad for finding things she shouldn't have and running away withthem. When I tried to come after her, she would hide under the bed. One day, she took something out of the trash and started to run. I said in a playful voice "Bailey trade" and went to her treat bag. She brought me the garbage, dropped it took her treat and went off happy. We now always play the trade game in those situations.

Oh Tiger is like Bailey, always wanting to chew on something - paper, clips, etc. I do the same, I get a treat and he will drop it in an instant and come to me. Well, we always play gofetch every lunchtime where I throw their balls and they go retrieve them and drop it right next to me so they can get a treat. Well, last night, I did that with tiger. Instead of him dropping the stuff and coming for his trade treat, I tell him "No, go get it" and so he did and brought it back to me for trade. I thought that was awesome so I will do so from here on