WW234: May 9 - Fetch it: Training a Retrieve to Hand

Course Details

This workshop will get your dog started on a working retrieve! We will discuss how to get your dog excited about picking up items from the ground and shoving them in your hand!

Laura has trained retrieves on hundreds of service dogs over the past 10 years. This method will not be using the standard back chaining approach of teaching a stationary hold first. Instead, we will look at teaching the “moving hold” where your dog learns to politely pick up an item from the ground and bring it directly to your hand. While this method is then suitable to add in a sit and hold in as a next step, the hold will not be discussed in this workshop.

We will discuss:

• Biting an item in your hand and on the floor
• Picking up the item from the ground
• Finding your hand and shoving it in

Lots of problem solving ideas at each step!

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Lecture Publish Date: Sunday May 9

Video Submissions Due Date:  Sunday May 16 @ 12pm noon PT

Feedback & Questions Video Publish Date: Wednesday May 19

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