How to Train a Dog to Leave Something Alone

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village and today we're talking about some basic training. Today we're talking specifically about leave it. Leave it is a very good command, it comes in very handy because a lot of owners complain about their dogs digging through the trash, the laundry basket, the garden, the yard, the toys and that includes the adult toys, the remote, cell phones, etc., etc., etc. So this is just an old empty juice bottle. This is my forbidden object. You can use any variety of objects with this but the important part is that this is your forbidden object so in my mind this is something that Bear should never ever ever have as a toy. So now I'm going to present the forbidden object. Leave it, very good boy, so what I'm actually trying to do is train or program the head turn so I'll show you this one more time. You will notice that he is doing this, he touches the nose, leave it, good boy, very very very good. The more you practice this the better it's going to work. This is very important because when you're out on a walk, you could at any time encounter a food item that's discarded in the gutter, you don't know where that food came from, the dog could get any number of things as well as sick, worms, any other number of things. The other thing that leave it is great for is that when cars leak radiator fluid, it smells like sweet candy to a dog and if they lap it up, it's a slow miserable death so that's why leave it is so important so before we wrap it up, one more time, leave it, good boy, very very very good. So that's leave it, I'm Jim Leske and we'll be back with more training tips right after this."