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How to teach dog to fetch and drop it?

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Mozart

I am Fearless		 
 
Barked: Thu May 17, '12 3:50pm PST 
Alright Mozart is 8 months old and knows a bunch of tricks and commands 21 total I have clicker trained him but he only kind of knows how to fetch he seemed to bring back the ball when he was younger but now he does not and he knows the command drop it but refuse to drop it I guess puppy adolescent. So how do I teach him to fetch bring it back to me and drop it? I have never really taught him how to fetch I guess I was confused on how to teach him how? His favorite toys inside are squeaky small tennis balls and outside his favorite toy is his birdball(it is a ball that whistles) should I keep him on a leash inside? beacause he does like to play keepsafe with his toysshock
he loves to play tug of war so should I clicker train him with food or tug of war?
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Rigby

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Barked: Thu May 17, '12 5:12pm PST 
If it's just a matter of not dropping it, get a handful of treats and the clicker ready.

Throw the ball.
When he grabs it, call him back.
Hold the treat out for him to distract him from the ball.
When he drops it for the treat, click and reward.
Eventually combine with the word "drop it"

Worked quite well for Rigby
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Cohen CD RE- ADC FDCh-S- CGN HIC

The Monster		 
 
Barked: Thu May 17, '12 6:01pm PST 
Backchain it. Teach the retrieve to hand first.

In backchaining, the first thing you teach will become the strongest link in the chain. The dog chasing the toy is the easy part, but the key part to the behaviour is returning it to you.

Check out a video on how to backchain here: Backchaining a retrieve
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