Amber.Faith
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Jan 20, 2007, 3:24 AM
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Re: [Sydney] Help and advice needed
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Hi Sydney! Remember me & my dog Amber...? Well here's a short & sweet but good advice for you! If you want your dog to fetch sumthing for you like newspapers or slippers or toys, always start out by playing a short but fun tug-of-war with your dog using that object/toy. If I were you, hide the treats in your pocket for a moment & take out a toy/object he loves MOST & play a little tug-of-war with him (It's gota be sumthing he'll die without it, it's his insurance, it's his property!). Make sure he gets excited with it & tries to grab it & pull it off your hand. After that, when he's all hiked up about that object/toy, throw it just few feet in front of you. When he picks it up, call him to come back to you. Don't walk/run towards him to take it from him. This will only create him to run away from you coz he knows you gona snatch his baby from him! Just squat down so that you're almost the same height as him and just keep calling & calling & calling UNTIL he comes back to you. If he doesn't, now you take out the treat & show it to him. When he sees it, he'll definitely come back to you but no guarantee with the object/toy in his mouth. It's okay...Let's take it slow then! This time, show him TWO toys/objects he loves MOST! Do the same thing all over again, throw it for him to fetch, call him, when he does come back to you (doesn't matter if he's not close to you, at least he did come back with the toy in his mouth, rite?) Immediately take out his other fav toy, ask him to "give OR out" the one in his mouth to you or "drop" it on the ground & then immediately throw his other toy for him to catch it. It's important for your dog to UNDERSTAND THE GAME! He must understand, then when you throw sumthing for him to fetch for you, he knows he's gona get a good reward after that. It's actually a fun game to him! Dogs love routine & structure in their lives & their games! Hahahaha...They don't really like it when it's random. It's like heeling. "Oh yeah, I'm suppose to heel on my handler's side but then sit when my handler stops walking." Like that, you get what I mean? But I think it's best for you to teach your dog to "hold" first be4 you start teaching him to fetch sumthing. It's important that he knows the "hold" command first in order for him to hold it & walk/run back to you and sit in front of you with him still holding the toy/onbect in his mouth calmly. Then only when you say "give OR out Sydney", then he should gladly give it to you nicely. But do take it slow. My Amber's still not very good at it but she does bring it back to me nicely & gives it to me when I ask her to. It'll take some time for your dog to learn, do be patient. Make sure, you alwayz play with your dog all the time. And also make sure, you hide your dog's fav toy/object after you're done training with him. This is becoz he'll be excited about it & you throwing it for him to catch whenever you take it out & show it to him next time. Well, this is not really short but Good Luck!!!
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