Will not drop it!!!
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| Oh and if heaven forbid I actually try to take it out of her mouth she will snap at me. |
| Yuki learned with age ...esp if she wanted to play. I always have to say it REAL LOUD and firm. I think all my dogs have been this way. I stick my finger in their mouth (down on their tongue) and that always makes them release. After awhile, she hated that, so with another firm DROP IT... she would again ...let it go. Good luck!!! That's always frustrated me when they don't let go esp. when I'm trying to play with them! |
| Be persistent with your command; that's the best advice I can give. She'll get it eventually. Asterisk has a real bad habit of wanting to take all her babies outside with her; which we don't allow. She is told to drop it inside the house before she is let out. She's a pro now; but it took a lot of vigilance and determination. |
i will send you duffy he will not let anyone have anything in their mouth everything is his  i never had such an easy training with dreamer as soon as duff comes never he drops it.. sad part dreamer has no clue how to play with toys .. hang in there it is not easy when they think it is a game be strong |
We are going through the same game, often with socks. I do the trade. I refuse to run around the house after a puppy that is outsmarting me. I figure it is better to swap with a treat then to have to call the vet and say...'oops, my dog swallowed a sock'. I know it sucks having to bribe for the item back, but I have hope that someday when I say 'give', I will actually 'get'. Maybe I am just dreaming.  peg |
| I totally agree! When it is something harmful I go after it with the bribe more quickly. I am hoping for the same thing. At some point when I say drop it she will do that. |
| Positive reinforcement only reinforces whatever the dog was doing in the 1 to 2 seconds before you give the reinforcer. This is good news and bad. The bad news is if you're not quick enough you dont reinforce the behaviour you want.  The good news is if you dont chase Khloe around (chasing is self rewarding for dogs) you are not rewarding her for bad behaviour you are just rewarding her for giving up the object. Pair the giving up with the word "give" and eventually she will give you the object even without swapping for a treat. Notice I said eventually. In the initial teaching phase you give a treat every time, after a while you can drop down to an intermittent schedule where they only sometimes get a treat. If its something dangerous I just grab the high reward treat ASAP. Dont let her get into the habit of snapping. She is making herself the boss. Just calmly swap her the treat and praise her for giving up the object. If she keeps up the snapping work with a behaviourist, if it escalates you have problem. As a big dog snapping is entirely different to a puppy snapping. Tiggy has an amazing ability to know when she has something I REALLY dont want her to have. I try to act normally but she can pick up on my body language and gets more excited as she knows she's hit the jackpot and picked up a treasure which she must hang on to at all costs. But the calmer I am the better. I straight away go and get her favorite chew treat, she knows where the jar is and offer the prize of prizes - a chewie, as a swap. Make a short game of it every day and practice lots with all sorts of toys and not important stuff and then the day she has something valuable or dangerous you're more likely to get it back quickly with no damage to Khloe or the object. Also training a good "come" is great because then you can call her to you and the great treat and dont have to chase her around the house. This all makes it sound easy but it takes practise and perserverance as dogs and especially puppies love to play chase. Good luck. |
| My goodness, our puppies are on the same page titled "Gonna Keep It and Not Gonna Let It Go, Forget About Making Me Drop It!!!" Determined and diligent to keep whatever is in the mouth is staying in the mouth, jaws clamped shut. Mim has hit it straight on with her advice - very well delivered, too. Thanks so much, Mim! Running after them means play. They must read our minds and know they should give it up, even if it isn't good for them. Gotta distract = offering something else in trade; clap your hands - happy clapping, treat - something else to put in the mouth, toy, etc.. It's better to have them take something else rather than to puppy nip. Katieanne (4 months today) has a favorite toy, believe it or not, is a 1 bushel round, plastic laundry hamper. We roll it and she runs straight to it to push it around, grab it and carry it. It's a good diversion. We're doing this, too and it takes time and consistency. Katieanne is still learning and we are, too.  |
| Actually from what we were taught the treat/trade is the proper way to go. Use a treat that will be really special to your guy or gal and make a BIG fuss whenever you are successful with it. We found Bailee will do just about anything for cheese (small pieces.) The reward is only offered when he/she gives up what they have. Bailee used to grab anything and everything when we were on our walks. After a few days of "Treatment" he was more than willing to make the trade. In fact, since he is a clever young fellow he knows he will get a treat if he picks something up and he will on occasion grab something in his mouth, heel directly to my left hand while still walking and nuzzle my hand for a trade. Treat motivation is really a good thing to do. |
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