Ariane Gauthier wrote 06/21/2017 08:34 PM toy selective dog, need help #404028 - 06/21/2017 08:34 PM
Ariane Gauthier Webboard User Reg: 11-23-2010 Posts: 817 Loc: St-Lazare, Qc Offline	I can't seem to find toys that my puppy (almost 1 yo) loves. He has ONE ball that he is crazy for but it is hard to get him to drop it. He will not play with any other ball. I even went out and got the same ball as the one he loves but he will not play with the new one. I made the 2 same ball sleep together in a air tight container for a few days. He still will only play with the old one. Same goes for the tug, he has one that he will play with but he ignore the other. Most toys he can't care for and squeaker are no fun. He has a crazy food drive but I would like to play more with him. I also hide all the fun toys and try to only have one less/no fun toy but that just turn him off. I can also leave all the toys out, he will not touch any until I start to engage with him. Any idea for my picky monster? Lucifer!
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Bob Scott wrote 06/21/2017 10:40 PM Re: toy selective dog, need help [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #404029 - 06/21/2017 10:40 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	He smells his own scent (slobber0 on the old ball and that's why it special to him BUT the dog needs to realize that the ball belongs to YOU. Don't let him keep it and, for now, only play with it when he's on a leash so you can get it easier and put it away when your finished. Do you understand marker training? Use markers to teach the retrieve with back chaining. old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Ariane Gauthier wrote 06/22/2017 09:20 AM Re: toy selective dog, need help [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #404036 - 06/22/2017 09:20 AM
Ariane Gauthier Webboard User Reg: 11-23-2010 Posts: 817 Loc: St-Lazare, Qc Offline	he does a ok retrieve over a very short distance but it is work not play in his attitude. I am looking for a solution when the good toy die. They are old and near the end of their life. They used to be my previous dog toys and got a lot of play over 5 or 6 years. He bring the toy back and nudge me with it but the drop is not good (just with the good toys other stuff get dropped pretty fast) I will run out of safe to use toys soon. Lucifer!
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Bob Scott wrote 06/22/2017 10:41 PM Re: toy selective dog, need help [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #404038 - 06/22/2017 10:41 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	That's where the back chaining and marker work are perfect. You teach the hold first. Tossing something for a dog to retrieve and then hoping the dog brings it back will never lead to a reliable, happy retrieve. The dog has to understand that "anything" you toss MUST be retrieved and that calls for training and not just hoping it works. I'm not a sales person and I get nothing from Leerburg for suggesting the Michael Ellis videos. I do it because of 60 yrs of dog training with the last 12-13 yrs doing marker work mostly with the Michael Ellis type training and it works. old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Christina Stockinger wrote 06/24/2017 06:26 AM Re: toy selective dog, need help [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #404050 - 06/24/2017 06:26 AM
Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015 Posts: 1619 Loc: Brazil, Bahia Offline	I must fully aggree about M.E's vídeos. I've learned the retrieve from him and also from Forrest's course Relation Ship Games. Socks and Bruxinha are crazy about retrieving. Slippie only goes to touch the toy with her nose. She never picks anything up (except food of course). I been following Michael's DVD to the point, where he shows how to open the mouth of a dog, put a tug into it and make her hold that thing. She allows me putting it in without problem, but doesn't want to hold it. We are training this since a very lpng time already in very short sessions, but we're completly stuck. Should I better leave her in peace with that exercise and accept that she's not interested at all in it? “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling
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