How to Teach Dog To Fetch

Teach Your Dog To Fetch

Just to have some playful time many dogs obey what their owners command and direct them to do. To do this in even better way try to reward your dog just for motivating him to learn more and stick to whatever he learns. For this it is suggested that the owner should work with his dog every day at least for 5 to 10 minutes training or working with him. Try to make his training fun and ending every episode by rewarding him for his job well done. If your tired of it then just leave it and try the same later but don’t ever do it in frustration anyway as it won’t give you any positive results.

Start with the object your dog loves the most when you start teaching your dog to fetch. Control the dog with a comparatively longer bridle and order him to sit down. Take the object and just toss it at a reasonable distance from the dog’s position and give him the command to fetch the object permitting him run after that and grab it. Try to gently draw him back to you once he grabs the tossed object in his mouth. Then by offering him some good treat order him to release the object from his mouth. At this juncture it is rather significant that your dog should give away the object to you quiet willingly obeying your command.

The retrieving breeds would learn this trick faster and may like to play for extended period of time. But some typical breeds may not poise to be so willingly doing it and give up their favorite object, so in that case ensure that they are rewarded energetically through certain expressions of his praise and treats too. Once when the dog brings back to you the tossed object then release his leash permitting him to fetch the object on his own. You can also educate the dog with the names of the different objects and train him advanced.

Once the dog realizes the notion of fetching the object by its name for instance, if you like that the dog fetches you the news paper every morning then educate him by throwing the paper initially for a few days. Give him the command of fetching the paper and you will notice that every morning he brings you the paper for getting rewarded. By laying out 3 or 4 different objects try to give necessary exercise to your dog recognizing the objects by their names and see how smartly he can grasp them by their individual names. Continue such practice repeatedly and while doing so just maintain the pleasant voice and joyful nature. This will enable your dog to understand better and will start fetching all the things precisely that you command.

The 4 P’s comprising of patience, practice, praises and persistence is the basic necessity while you educate your dog for the tricks like fetching. Every correct move made by the dog while learning has to be properly rewarded like treats for encouraging his attitudes. He should realize that you are happy with his performance and love playing him or devoting your time for him. It will make magic.