It's not a big deal (it's not like it's a lot of work) he's just already covered all of his obedience so I like working on little tricks and things that keep him sharp and make life easier.
We already use ';bring me a toy'; and things like that... and he knows take it, drop it, leave it, etc. He can also identify certain toys by name. (Cat, ball, rope.)
He's a highly trainable dog, and I've gone to some classes with him to learn certain things like obedience. For the most part however I study his habits to learn how to teach him things on our own. He picks things up pretty well and it works for us. This trick however is more difficult, since he automatically associates picking up a toy with playtime. I think it's confusing when I tell him to drop it, then play time is over. Also, I usually don't use treats (just praise) to train, so how do I reward this? It seems like he's losing his toy, which isn't really a reward. Should I just move on to the next novelty trick, or is this do-able?Is it possible to teach your dog to put away his toys? ?
Yes, it's actually rather easy. The easiest way to do it is through shaping by clicker training. Go to http://www.clickertraining.com and do some reading about clicker training in itself and ';shaping';.
You can achieve the finished product by combining several smaller skills like training him to retrieve, hold the toy in his mouth, go to the basket and put the toy in the basket. All these skills should be taught separately and shouldn't be combined until each one is completely learned.Is it possible to teach your dog to put away his toys? ?
First walk him over to the basket and tell him drop-it. Then once he gets used to that put a word with it, say like ';Basket'; then walk over with him and then say drop it. Slowly stop going with him, like don't go all the way there with him.
Soon he should be accustom to going over and dropping the toy in the basket whenever you say ';Basket'; Or whatever your word may be :)
Just a question, what breed of dog is this? Not that it makes too much of a difference, just some dogs are more servile than others and would be easier to teach. Dogs like Chihuahuas (that behave more like cats) would be a challenge.
yea it is, my dad tought a cat to use and flush the toilet over a long course of short training sessions. So a dog is easier to train and so it is possible.
German Shepherd? Yes, you can sure do it.
yes its possible but its a lot of training but it'll pay off in the end.
yes my three dogs are they are a standard poodle, shiba inu, and a golden mix
yes
defiantly. there is a way i just don't know what way
Better yet, teach them to play with their toys in the toy basket.
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if you show him what to do like you did with regular obedience and make it into a game it can be easy. i refer to all my dogs toys as a 'chew' i'll tell them go get the chew. they'll run for the closest toy and i'll say go put it in your box. a little stow away container. they rush towards the box and plunk it in there. when they come back they get a treat. sometimes they get a little too excited and miss the box or it falls out and still try to get the treat. so i tell them again to go put it in their box and they'll usually get it right the second time if they didn't get it right the first time.in the beginning you should reward any attempt to put the toy away whether it misses or falls out.
i have a rottie/shepherd mix, pit, husky and a yorkie and they can all do it
I know of dogs that are trained to recycle and put stuff away so yes it is. Clicker training seems to be the easiest way to teach tricks such as these. There are many clicker books and sites online plus classes. You can teach a dog anything he is physically able to do, you just have to be smart enough to figure out how to train it. My youngest dobe is trained to pick up the MinPins' dog dishes after they are done and bring them to me at the sink to wash. German Shepherds are, IMHO, the most veratile breed, they do police work, lead the blind, herd sheep, find lost people, find gas leaks and also fetch shot ducks. I have owned several GSDs and they always did well in the obed rings. Plus they trained very quickly.
i think you can just teach it a command
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