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#76 How to introduce the drop it cue
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Teach your dog that Drop It can be fun!
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Does your dog know how to drop it—how to spit out whatever object he has in his mouth?
If not, here’s a great way to train it. You need two toys, preferably squeaky toys.
Squeak one toy and throw it. Let him pick it up, let him start playing with it. Then cue drop it as you start squeaking the toy that you have. Most of the time with dogs, the grass is always greener—what you have is better than what they have.
So the moment he spits out the toy he has, throw the toy that you have. Let him play with it for a little while, then pick up the toy he had originally. Cue drop it, start squeaking your toy, and the moment he spits his toy out, throw the toy that you have.
And it’s important that the moment he spits out the toy that he has, you throw the toy that you have. We want instant gratification at first, and we’re just trying to teach him that when we say drop it, and if he releases the object—something better just may happen.