Is also a good chance he'd drop it when he stops to sniff fire hydrants, etc.
loves the concept! Keep us posted if you try it!!
i am not sure if he'd resume up his old "Poo is delicious" habit all over again!!
asked the person who has to draw every freakin thing....what program do YOU use?
I actually never thought of that! Since its hot, he may start to pant and drop it....<---this dog has no idea how to carry anything in his mouth for his entire walk, and couldn't be trusted to do so, cuz if it is hot outside, he pants, so he'd drop it.
<----but his owner
The pics are hilarious!
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Yeah, that's probably what we'll have to do.//"Since its hot, he may start to pant and drop it....
I have no idea what would happen if that were the situation
well, maybe you could have it be a spring/fall or wintertime trick?
Maybe all dogs don't pant like mine does in hot weather..... I now recall Anneke once posted an adorable video of her dog carrying home a box of cookies she had just bought at the store, as they walked home.
Well, I've also been looking into a doggy backpack. They look so cute, and you can just hang or place the poo bag in the backpacks compartment...Plus, it would probably fulfill his need for exercise when we go on walks, with the little bit of added weight. I would want to wait until he got a little older, though, just to make sure nothings to heavy for him. He's so skinny!I have to be honest, I don't think it's very nice to make a dog carry a bag of his own feces (or anyone else's feces). It's right under their nose, and it goes in their mouth. I think it can be done, but I'd rather carry a poo bag in my hand (far from my nose and mouth, and his nose and mouth) for a mile than make him put a bag of poo in his mouth, stuffed right under his nose, for any length of time
That way, the dog can NOT miss!
, not all dogs need doggie backpacks, at all, and i do not think puppies need them at all.
Thanks!!!! I'll definitely be trying that!//"I think he wants to drop the toy so he can have the treat in his mouth as soon as possible."//
See, i had the box RIGHT UNDER MY DOG'S MOUTH, so he could NOT miss. Soon as that toy hit the bottom of the box, CLICK/TREAT.
I handed the toy TO my dog, (at first) and i began with toys he already liked to have in his mouth,
when dog drops toy--->toy goes into BOX, yay!
see? dog does not reeeeally have to "hold" the toy, train him to drop the toy INTO the box.
Overtime, i began to move the box a bit to the side,
so now, Buddy has to turn his head to drop the toy in.
Overtime, day by day, i began to lower my hand holding the toy, lower,
and lower, so Buddy is reaching down to get the toy, to drop in the box, which is a bit to his side.
Overtime, in next lessons, i began to have my hand on the floor next to the toy, (instead of holding the toy) and now Buddy is now picking toy up off of the floor,
and
overtime, day by day,
i began to move the toybox over enough that Buddy now has to take a step to drop toy into box.
After he got that far, we progressed day by day, til Buddy is now taking two steps, or three steps, to drop toy in.
Then, i faded my hand next to toy, and
then, i faded my own self to being across the room, overtime.
slowly advancing along, so dog is moving to get the toy,
and also moving to drop toy into box,
BUT THIS TRICK IS SUPER EASY *IF* YOU START WITH TOYBOX RIGHT UNDER THE DOG'S MOUTH!!
the dog does not much have to "hold" a toy, really. Focus on rewarding your dog dropping that toy into the box, and advance from there!!
Yeah, still considering if I will or won't get him one...//"I would want to wait until he got a little older, though, just to make sure nothings to heavy for him. "//
good plan
There are limits to what % of an adult dog's body weight he can be allowed to carry, but, i've forgotten what that % is, but someone here does know. but, that'd be for an adult dog, imo, not a baby dog.
your adult dog might not ever ever need a backpack, either. Not all dogs need added weight to satisfy their need to exercise. Not all dog bodies are well designed to carry add'l weight on their backs, either.
