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Summary: Get a dog to pick up things you want by using your voice to get the dog excited and teaching it that the item is a toy to retrieve. Teach a dog to pick up things and bring them to you with tips from a certified dog trainer in this free video on pet care.
James Pakman is a professional, certified dog trainer who has been working at Sycamore Stables horse and dog facility in Amherst, Mass. for several years. He also oversees the dog...read more
"Okay, let's talk about how to get your dog to pick up the things you want them to pick up. In this case, Pima will be our dog, and I've got over here a stick and a frisbee. And we'll try with both. Okay, we'll start with how to get it to pick up a stick. Now...Come on, let's get it! Right away, using your voice to get the dog excited...Let's go!...Let's get it!....should make it so that when I drop this, she's going to want to pick it up. Let's try it. Get it! And there she goes. And she should bring it back. Getting the dog to give it back to you can be a problem. Leave it. And there we go. I'll try it again...Get it. And she should get it. And if she understands that it's a toy and it's for her to get, she should have no problem bringing it back. Leave it....leave it. Now we'll try the same thing again with a frisbee, and again, getting the dog to see this as something of interest, and as you can see, I have her full attention here, will get her to pick it up. So now she knows it's a toy. Leave it. If I toss it, really anywhere, she's going to want to get it. Go get it! And right away she'll bring it back to me. Leave it. And after trying to kill the frisbee, she should drop it."
eHow Article: How to Get Your Dog to Pick Up Things You Want
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