[nagdu] teaching retrieving without encouraging scavenging

[Cindy Ray]

I don't think because of picking up unwanted stuff was the reason. My school said it was a little bit of a hard concept for us to work if the dog didn't want to do it. I don't know if that's true, but I'm beginning to have some doubts about that.
Cindy Lou
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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vivianna via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:25 PM
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Cc: Vivianna
Subject: Re: [nagdu] teaching retrieving without encouraging scavenging

If it were my dog, i would not encourage her to pick up anything from the ground.
most, if not all, schools quit teaching the fetch command long ago.  it’s my opinion that they did it to try and discourage scavenging and picking up unwanted items.

Vivianna

> On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Jenine Stanley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> anielle, 
> 
> You might want him to just point at things on the ground instead of automatically retrieving them. 
> 
> I’m working on this too with Roger and shoes. It’s going very slowly but then again, that’s fine.
> Jenine Stanley
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>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Danielle Cyclorama via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I'm thinking about teaching my dog to retrieve objects I drop. He loves to retrieve and this seems like a useful skill. He already knows how to retrieve a few items by name, but I'm hoping to broaden this skill to include any object on the ground. However, I don't want him to think it is OK to pick up food I drop. I'm thinking I may teach him to retrieve on command rather then automatically if something falls. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
>> 
>> Danielle, Thai, and Bonnie (GDF puppy in training) 
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