Basic Dog Training Tips : How to Train a Dog to Leave Something Alone
Hi I’m Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert
Village and today we’re talking about some
basic training. Today we’re talking specifically
about leave it. Leave it is a very good command,
it comes in very handy because a lot of owners
complain about their dogs digging through
the trash, the laundry basket, the garden,
the yard, the toys and that includes the adult
toys, the remote, cell phones, etc., etc.,
etc. So this is just an old empty juice bottle.
This is my forbidden object. You can use any
variety of objects with this but the important
part is that this is your forbidden object
so in my mind this is something that Bear
should never ever ever have as a toy. So now
I’m going to present the forbidden object.
Leave it, very good boy, so what I’m actually
trying to do is train or program the head
turn so I’ll show you this one more time.
You will notice that he is doing this, he
touches the nose, leave it, good boy, very
very very good. The more you practice this
the better it’s going to work. This is very
important because when you’re out on a walk,
you could at any time encounter a food item
that’s discarded in the gutter, you don’t
know where that food came from, the dog could
get any number of things as well as sick,
worms, any other number of things. The other
thing that leave it is great for is that when
cars leak radiator fluid, it smells like sweet
candy to a dog and if they lap it up, it’s
a slow miserable death so that’s why leave
it is so important so before we wrap it up,
one more time, leave it, good boy, very very
very good. So that’s leave it, I’m Jim Leske
and we’ll be back with more training tips
right after this.
