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    Training classes will help you with everything you've asked about here, teach you little tricks that help reinforce your position as much loved leader.

    Here's one Oban really liked. Puppy on leash, throw a treat within the length of the leash while at the same time telling him to get it. Call him back to you, use pressure on the leash, give him another treat. The trick is, the treat you throw away is something like a piece of cereal, the treat he gets for coming back to you is roast beef. Obviously it's better to come to you than go away. Don't overdo it at one time, Oliver is awfully young, maybe three times at once. But a couple of times a day is ok.

    I agree, pick your battles. I found constant bending over to take contraband out of puppy mouth was good exercise for me, heck I paid a fitness teacher to tell me to do the same thing. Watching and distracting before sticks and stones went into the mouth in the first place was good too.

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    I just want to reiterate, like everyone else did above, that using an e-collar is a HUGE decision and you really need to do it slowly, use it only in certain situations, and the dog needs to absolutely know what's happening, etc. There's a TON of work involved with even putting an e collar around a dog's neck and NOT using it. An e-collar wouldn't be appropriate in your case for leave it with grease droppings. I re read my post and I didn't express the gravity of how important it is to use e collars correctly!

    He's a puppy, be patient! Really, really work on the training and listen to all the advice you've already gotten!
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    Quote Originally Posted by doubledip1 View Post
    I just want to reiterate, like everyone else did above, that using an e-collar is a HUGE decision and you really need to do it slowly, use it only in certain situations, and the dog needs to absolutely know what's happening, etc. There's a TON of work involved with even putting an e collar around a dog's neck and NOT using it. An e-collar wouldn't be appropriate in your case for leave it with grease droppings. I re read my post and I didn't express the gravity of how important it is to use e collars correctly!

    He's a puppy, be patient! Really, really work on the training and listen to all the advice you've already gotten!
    I'll be honest....I am super cheap and don't want to spend over $200 on an e-collar if I don't have to! This will be a last resort for sure. Also, it would be once he is fully grown and older. But I highly doubt I will actually go this route. I am going to take everyone's awesome advice and just work on it daily. Oh, and learn patience!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Halcyon View Post
    When raising Bobby, I learnt a lesson early on: pick your battles. When you tell him to leave it, you need to enforce it. Put him on a leash and take him to the tree stump with a good distance so if he goes for it, he can't touch it but it's close enough to entice him. When he goes for it, say "leave it," and when he turns to you, praise him and encourage him to come to you. Reward. Each time you let him get away with it, you will only be poisoning your cue and he will learn that he doesn't have to listen to you. As he gets better at it, you can decrease the distance between him and stump.

    Of course, you might need to go back and work on basic "leave it" training. It is also important to set him up for success. If he can't leave the stump alone, increase the distance until he can.
    I was just going to add this but halcyon did in this post. The more you say, LEAVE IT and the more you say COME or HERE and the pup does not listen, you are really going to make it hard on yourself in the long term.

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    Molly is about a month older than your puppy. She is uber high energy When I first got her I kept asking myself what have I gotten myself into.

    A glimpse at a day with Molly maybe can help.

    Awake between 4-6
    5:30 train before breakfast with kibble. (sit,down, leave it, take it)
    Brakfast
    Play time and off to 45 min of free run time
    Crate and I leave

    12:30 out for a quicky
    Train with kibble about 15 min
    free play for 30
    crate if I need to leave

    5pm Train with kibble / Dinner
    off for 45 min to 1.5 hour sof puppy chasing madness and free play in an open area.

    Lots of toys and things to keep her occupied in between

    When she gets really annoying to my other dog it usally means she is over tiered

    We are starting classes at the beggining of the year. GL it does get easier.

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