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Originally Posted by Bluebells  Using a toy as a reward should definitely help with some things. The first “command” I’d like him to learn, though, is “Leave it,” and I haven’t figured out how to make that work with a toy reward. The threads I’ve found tell me to use a treat to teach him to drop a toy, but he prefers the toy, and he won’t drop it to get a treat. And the reverse doesn’t work either, because he’s already ignoring the treat, so he doesn’t need to “Leave it” to get the toy. |
Try two of his favorite toys, drop one give him the second one. My guy is very food motivated so training commands was fast and easy. Training to "leave it" and "drop it" can be life saving commands.
I just read about his poop eating, some puppies do out grow it, many do not. My boy just turned 8 years old, he is out door trained. I must watch him all the time when he poops, if not, he will eat it. I have read many reasons why dogs do this...
1- fresh poop smells like the food they eat.
2- They are not fully digesting the food so it comes out smelling like their food.
3- They are lacking something in their diet.
Try feeding him 1/2 a slice of frozen unsweetened pineapple with or after every meal, this works on some dogs but not all dogs. I suggest 1/2 because he has a tiny tummy, you have have to use less. I used the pineapple for two months, watched him as usual, after two months I did not go out with him but hid and watched and sure enough he went for his poop, so it did not work for me, but has worked for many members.