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Originally Posted by MaxHollyNoah
Hi freewillow,
kjd's method works well.
Another way goes like this:
Throw a ball within a few feet from you. As soon as you dog picks it up in his mouth, make a fuss saying "Good job, good job. Now bring it, bring it" as you clap your hands and walking backwards.
Most likely your dog will follow you with a ball in his mouth as you walk backwards. Take the ball from his mouth as you praise him and throw it again within a few feet again. Repeat this and make the distance longer and longer. He will soon figure out that if he brings the ball to you it gets thrown again.
Hope this will work, along with the trading method kjd suggested.
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Wish this method worked for us, but no.
Our 4 yr old (rescue) Cairn Terrier has erratic interest in bring-back of
a ball, will only drop it nearby, never place it in hand. Have tried the
two-ball method. Libby will not bring to the hand any object.
Please suggest how we can have Libby bring the object and release it
into our hand.
(Libby has adapted to us slowly over a year's time.
Having been cage-raised in a puppy-mill, She doesn't seek our affection in a manner we're used to...
Our previous Cairn was loving toward us; Libby not so much. We need help in that area, also..... to develop that relationship, but our efforts so far
haven't meant with much success.)