Leave it is a great tool to keep your dog from focusing on something in the environment. From cars, to poop, to dead animals, a solid “leave it” can prevent your dog from pulling you down the street, lunging toward those things, eating crud, or barking. If you’ve already taught the basic leave it, and […]
Advanced Leave It: Distractions (Video)
Teaching your dog a solid leave it can save his life. Imagine that you’re walking your dog on the trail and you come upon an injured wild animal. You need your dog to stay away from the animal and remain focused on you. Or, maybe your dog gets out the front door and spies a […]
Teach Your Dog to Leave It
You have a splitting headache. As you open the bottle of Tylenol, it drops on the floor and 100 Tylenol scatter everywhere. Your dog eagerly leaps forward to help clean them up. What do you do? You ask your dog “leave it,” to which he responds by wagging his tail and looking at you. Crisis […]