Training Your Dog "Fetch"
Teaching your dog to fetch is a such a fun game to play for your dog and it gets more exercise. With a retriever, it's easy for you to teach them, because it's what they were bred to do. It will be easier if your dog already know the command "leave it" and "catch." You should also have a spare ball just incase your dog doesn't give the first one back to you.
1. The first step is to get your dogs attention, if your dog has played with a ball before it should be easy. If it hasn't make a big deal about the ball, bounce it and make a big fuss. Once you have your dog's attention throw the ball and let your dog go after it. When your dog starts to come towards you, ask your dog to "leave it."
2. If your dog does not drop the ball, stop paying any attention to your dog and take out the second ball. Have fun with it and make it seem better than the first one. Keep doing this until you get your dog's attention. Your dog will eventually ignore the first ball and want the second one.
3. As soon as your dog drops the ball, show the ball you're holding and throw it. Repeat the execersice when your dog comes back to you. And in no time, your dog will be retrieving the ball and even other objects.
Here are some extra tips for teaching your dog "fetch".
- Always make sure that you have a spare ball with you.
- The better you act like you're having a fun time with the spare ball, the faster your dog will leave first one.
- Don't throw your ball until your dog has left the first one
- Don't allow your dog to get bored, it's suppose to be a fun game. If your dog looses interest stop the training there.
1. The first step is to get your dogs attention, if your dog has played with a ball before it should be easy. If it hasn't make a big deal about the ball, bounce it and make a big fuss. Once you have your dog's attention throw the ball and let your dog go after it. When your dog starts to come towards you, ask your dog to "leave it."
2. If your dog does not drop the ball, stop paying any attention to your dog and take out the second ball. Have fun with it and make it seem better than the first one. Keep doing this until you get your dog's attention. Your dog will eventually ignore the first ball and want the second one.
3. As soon as your dog drops the ball, show the ball you're holding and throw it. Repeat the execersice when your dog comes back to you. And in no time, your dog will be retrieving the ball and even other objects.
Here are some extra tips for teaching your dog "fetch".
- Always make sure that you have a spare ball with you.
- The better you act like you're having a fun time with the spare ball, the faster your dog will leave first one.
- Don't throw your ball until your dog has left the first one
- Don't allow your dog to get bored, it's suppose to be a fun game. If your dog looses interest stop the training there.