A friend of mine has a dobie and she taught her to bring something to her every time by playing tug-of-war. She would play with the dog and let the dog "win" (let go of the toy) then say the bring command and the dog would bring it back because in the dogs mind it won and wants to try again. That was her explanation, or something along those lines.
Thanks for the info on hiding your hands, I haven't been able to really teach Reagan to drop something, I just end up playing tug of war with her.
I don't have an opinion on tug-of-war being good or bad but I do think it would be beneficial to teach to dog to stop, whether it be by dropping the toy or just stop pulling or whatever. This way he/she'll know when you don't want to play that game anymore. Then again I guess getting up and walking away is a pretty big clue that you're done as well.
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