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Paula wrote:

For example, puppy has a sock in its mouth. I tell puppy
to drop it. Puppy doesn't drop it. I go to puppy and tell puppy to
drop it again, this time making sure that the dog lets go of the sock.
As soon as teeth are off the sock, I say, "Good drop it!!!! Good
dog!!!" and give him a much loved belly rub. Dog learns that what I
want when I say drop it is to let go of the object and that he will be
rewarded for doing so.

Since this is a LAB, I would be asking her to BRING me anything she
picked up. May as well teach her good retrieving skills along with drop
it or give!

I've had young retrievers bring me TP, shoes, coins, wrappers, all sorts
of stuff. They've never run with it, because I always ask them to bring
it in a very happy voice, praise them and engage them with an
appropriate toy. Picking stuff up is often a bid for "you gotta get off
the computer and play some fetch with me". Doesn't always happen, and
not always immediately, but I have dogs who bring me stuff. Rudy often
has some interesting things in his mouth, but they all get brought.

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Janet Boss
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