[nagdu] Fetch training

[Katrin Andberg]

Hi Andrew

 

For knowing if your dog has picked the object up, try using one of the toys
that makes a sound when moved (such as has a jingle bell on it).  And
depending on the formality of the retrieve you wish to teach, and how
accurate you need to be to know when and where the toy is in relation to
your dog picking it up, I'd start the game with your dog on a Flexi
retractable lead.  That way you have some level of std tension on the lead
and can feel through it where your dog is, when he stops, when he drops his
head, when the turns to come back to you, etc. and thereby be better able to
gauge if he has indeed stopped to pick up the toy.

 

Katrin Andberg

katrin at maplewooddog.com

 

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> I've read and researched enough to understand what are the usual steps in

> training a dog to play fetch properly, but I can't get past the fact that

> the process seems to rely pretty heavily on vision.  Most critically, I

> find

> it rather hard to know whether my dog has actually gone to run down the

> object that I've thrown, and certainly it's hard for me to know the moment

> at which he has picked it up in his mouth.

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> Anyway, I'll bet there are some folks on this list who have found ways of

> teaching dogs to play fetch  without the benefit of vision (on the human

> end).  If anyone could give me any pointers, I'd be very grateful.

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> Thanks,

> 

> Andrew