When to Use the Leave It Dog Training Command

Video Transcript

"When to use the command "leave it." As I mentioned earlier, "sit" can be used when feeding your dog, stopping at a curb before crossing the, street and when guest come to your front door. The "leave it" command has similar purposes and times to use as well. As I've mentioned, "leave it" is used to restrict or stop your dog from eating toxic items or things they should not digest or put in their mouth. The main times when to use a "leave it" command is if you're in the bathroom and a Tylenol aspirin or an Ibuprofen, or even a personal razor were to fall off the counter, we want to command the dog "leave it," so they stop in their tracks and to pursue, proceed with chewing or eating the object. Another good time to use "leave it," is if you're in the kitchen and your dog sees the rib eye steak on the counter. We want to say "leave it" so they don't proceed to jump on the counter and eat the food. Another good time to use "leave it" is if you're in the backyard and your dog wants to eat the neighbor's cat poop or the Taco Bell wrapper that fell over the divider wall. So, those are some good times to use "leave it" and I'll be illustrating soon exactly how to do the command."