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Take It & Leave It I took Gus to puppy training several months ago. Two of the several commands were Take It & Leave It. He was having trouble "focusing" on learning. I decided he'd never learn Leave It, so I worked on the other commands. The instructor did work with him on Leave It a few times though. Anytime, since then, it's been a challenge to get things that he shouldn't have out of his mouth. I never used Leave It. This morning he picked something that belonged to my DW off the floor. My DW told me to take it from him. I didn't care to struggle with him, so I just said Leave It. He dropped it without hesitation. Later we went for a walk. He picked up a twig. I don't allow him to chew on twigs. It's always been a struggle to get twigs away from him. I tried Leave It, & he immediately dropped it. This repeated several times for other things to include more twigs. It boggles to mind to think that he remembers Leave It from puppy training. This is the only time he was exposed to this command. |
It is always mind boggeling when the pups do something like this. They are smart tho, I wonder what else he might remember :) |
Ranger totally and completely failed puppy class. We did class at 6 months, it was an 6 week course. Well one day when he was about one year old, he just started following commands! He now sits, wait, down, stop drop and roll and leave it. :) DH always jokes that he knew everything all along, but wanted me to feel stupid at puppy school!! |
I just thought of an explanation :lightbulb. Although he was a bad participant in class, he did intently watch the other pups when it was their turn to respond to commands. |
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Good! It's not too late for Abby then :D She's 11 months old. |
they do know the commands, they remember them, they just don't want to listen. i know which commands are milu's favorites. she is always willing to follow those commands. some commands she does not like, and will argue with you and try to bargain for her treat. the ones she does not like are bang! and roll. she loves shake(hand shake) , come, and down. so will follow those ones, and the others ones you ask her to do, she will start talking to you to let you know that she doesn't like those commands. at first i thought she had forgotten what those commands mean, but now i know my milu, she is just a little stinker! |
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Keegan is a good learner. One day he was satisfying his Chapstick addiction & I looked him in the eye & said "Keegan, that's not your's" he dropped it....don't know why but that's how it works. When I have the front door open, both boys will bark at people walking past. I've tried a LOT of things to make them stop...yeaterday I just said "Keegan, mind your own business" & I'll be dipped...he stopped! Go figure. |
hehe. They are smart little buggers aren't they. Walker knows please and thank you. When he's got something I have to say "please" to get him to drop it. Just "drop it" won't work. And once I have it, If I don't say "thank you" he tries to nip my feet when I walk away. Apparently he has manners.:rolleyes: |
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