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by Kaffirdog on 26 February 2013 - 13:02
Hi Runag
The way K9Ulf teaches retrieve should help you with this. I'm not very good at explaining it so why not drop him an email on dogtraining@k9ulf.com and explain the problem, he will have suggestions.
Margaret N-J
The way K9Ulf teaches retrieve should help you with this. I'm not very good at explaining it so why not drop him an email on dogtraining@k9ulf.com and explain the problem, he will have suggestions.
Margaret N-J
by Runag on 26 February 2013 - 13:02
Hi Kaffirdog
thanks for the suggestion - people are being very helpful. :-)
thanks for the suggestion - people are being very helpful. :-)
by Sunsilver on 26 February 2013 - 14:02
That's how I got my dog to do the retrieve without spitting the item out. She LOVES to tug! I use a kong on a rope. When she brings it back, she gets a game of tug, then she has to sit, and out on command. If she spits it out, of course, I just ignore her, and pretend I can't find the kong. Sometimes this wll encourage her to pick it up again, for which she gets LOTS of praise, then I have her do a proper presentation and release.
I find food rewards don't work very well when doing a retrieve, as the dog can't wait for the reward, and spits the item out of its mouth as fast as possible so it can get its mouth on the food!
Maybe you can encourage him to play tug with a search article, say a glove? And that would encourage him to hang on to it?
I find food rewards don't work very well when doing a retrieve, as the dog can't wait for the reward, and spits the item out of its mouth as fast as possible so it can get its mouth on the food!
Maybe you can encourage him to play tug with a search article, say a glove? And that would encourage him to hang on to it?
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