Teaching Your Dog to Take The Dumb Bell
1st week Teach three commands 1.TAKE IT
2.HOLD IT
3.OUT
Use food treat to get dog to open his mouth so that the Dumb Bell can be inserted. Hold the Dumb bell in your right hand. As the Dumb Bell is inserted, give the cue TAKE IT. As the dog takes the Dumb Bell in his mouth, place your right hand under the dogs chin and press upwards giving the cue HOLD IT. Next, take the Dumb Bell in your right hand and give the cue OUT. REWARD.
2nd week Dog should open his mouth on his own. If it does not, work on presenting the
food treat and the cue TAKE IT until you can present the Dumb Bell to the
dog and the dog takes the Dumb Bell on CUE.
3rd week The dog should reach for the Dumb Bell. Hold the Dumb Bell a little further
from the dog each time you do the TAKE IT exercise.
4th week Increase the time the dog holds the Dumb Bell. Work on having the dog hold
it for at least 30 seconds to a minute. After the dog holds the Dumb Bell for
30 seconds, do some heeling. Have the dog take a few steps and then stop
and REWARD.
5th week Start to throw the Dumb Bell a few feet from you with the dog sitting at the
SIDE position. Run out to the Dumb Bell with the dog and pick it up for the
dog if the dog does not attempt to pick it up. Place it in the dogs mouth and
REWARD. Back up from the dog and do a RECALL with the dog holding the
Dumb Bell. REWARD.
6th week Throw the Dumb Bell farther, and run out to it and hold it on the ground until
the dog attempts to pick it up. REWARD. Do RECALL.
7th week Dog should do the whole retrieve routine by itself.
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