Well, today was the first day I used leave it out of necessity with Traveler.
I've been just using it when training/or able to stop him from getting whatever I had told him to leave alone and he's doing great. I say leave it and his head whips around to look at me and he won't go near what he was told to leave. I've used mainly food but was upping it to toys lately.
Well, today I was out playing with him in the yard with the Flying Squirrel and the wind took it and the Frisbee landed on a yellow jacket nest we haven't gotten rid of and there was Traveler running full steam ahead and fully in drive to it. I yelled out "LEAVE IT" and he skidded to a halt immediately and whipped his head around to look at me and then stayed there until I ran up and got it off of the nest. I made a HUGE deal out of it and threw the Frisbee as fast as I could after for a reward and he seemed happy enough with that
Thank god for a smart dog
I've been just using it when training/or able to stop him from getting whatever I had told him to leave alone and he's doing great. I say leave it and his head whips around to look at me and he won't go near what he was told to leave. I've used mainly food but was upping it to toys lately.
Well, today I was out playing with him in the yard with the Flying Squirrel and the wind took it and the Frisbee landed on a yellow jacket nest we haven't gotten rid of and there was Traveler running full steam ahead and fully in drive to it. I yelled out "LEAVE IT" and he skidded to a halt immediately and whipped his head around to look at me and then stayed there until I ran up and got it off of the nest. I made a HUGE deal out of it and threw the Frisbee as fast as I could after for a reward and he seemed happy enough with that
Thank god for a smart dog