How did you teach your dog...

[gritsar]

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He knows the name of three of his toys, red (kong), ball and bone. If he's in the right mood, he'll fetch the right toy. He got a new toy today. One of them long fuzzy dogs with a squeaker in it. He loves it, after he took the stuffing out of it of course.

 

[()relics]

I teach birddogs the command "hunt it up" which is essentially, "hey get over there you missed something" command. Then they are directed with an hand signal in the direction I want them to Relook. This is started with all my puppies in the house. Again "hunt it up" and and a direction que. Start with 1 toy/marker....I try to use something they really like...give the command and point...They will figure it out if you let them. Then follow with the "here" and "give"....That is where it stops with a bird dog...I want them to retrieve to my hand not drop it somewhere else. So I simply drop the toy/marker into the basket after they give it to me and send them out after another, if there are more toys out....Left unsaid, Praise the youngster as if he has just "cured cancer"...Once you have 1 dog doing the hunt and retrieve it is easy to teach the rest to follow suit with the "treat given to the first dog back with the target" trick... soon they will look even if they know there is nothing left to find....Just to make sure. Or use an older dog to train your puppy.......They already know what you want and have NO PATIENCE for a puppy getting in their way..Soon enough the puppy learns..."Get the target and get back ASAP so I don't get stepped on and then for some reason I get a treat...Thats easy...I'll go try it again.".....Done

 

[gritsar]

Thanks for the input relics.

Jax's word for finding things is 'seek'. We're working on putting the toys up. He'll do it, but then he wants to take them right back out again.

 

[ducks4you]

How did you teach your dog...to put his/her toys up at night?

We TRY to put away (65 pound) Pygma's favorite chew toys in the little cat couch, but she ALWAYS pulls them out and parades around, anyway. She is SO HAPPY with them, it's really hard to punish her. I guess that we'll take this (I'm sorry it's a little problem compared to the food aggression in that other thread!) problem more seriously if we trip and fall, but I think all of us watch the floor when we walk through the living room. AND, these chew toys are a great substitute for chewing furniture and shoes, which she probably would have done--she's almost 2 years old now--had I not invested in these toys. BTW, here's her favorite:
Nylabone Double Action Chew Toy
http://www.dog.com/item/nylabone-double-action-chew-combo-bone/220121/#
It looks awful, but dogs LOVE it.
Even a medium sized dog will love the SOUPER size, but you might want to buy WOLF size. (My other dog, 50 pounder, Rose (Husky x GS/Border Collie mix) says that her mother was a Wolf, so that's the size we bought her.)

 

[ShrekDawg]

not entirely sure sorry but it looks like you could have a lot of fun with this just try to teach in steps and praise/reward each step when he gets it right/each time he gets it right and keep going until he gets all the steps right then piece all the steps together and reward him when he gets the whole thing right it will/may take some time but he will get it/catch on eventually just remember to reward each step with lots of praise/treats/rewards (whatever you use to reward him with) whenever he gets something right good luck you'll get it eventually just keep working consistantly with him and soon he will catch on and then you can have all sorts of fun with it good luck

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

I never taught Diesel to pick up his toys...
But he can get me a can of soda out of the fridge!

 

[gritsar]

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We've already been thru the double action nylabones. We've moved onto the black kongs and knuckle bones from the butcher. He doesn't chew on inappropriate items - furniture, the cats, etc. so that's a good thing. He did chew one of DH's houseshoes, but they're made of leather, so....

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

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Me too. Its hard enough to get the kids to listen. And its hard enough to get a chihuahua to listen...