Everything YOU NEED to KNOW to TEACH your DOG a PERFECT FETCH!
February 21, 2015 by admin
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Whatever you do, don’t ever play fetch with your dog with a stick!! I know
that Lafitte was chewing and playing with the stick for a little bit in the
video, but playing with sticks is incredibly dangerous for your dog. They
can get splinters in their mouth or esophagus, or they could get stabbed in
the throat if they try to catch the stick (happened to a friend of mine’s
dog)
It looks so easy. But its not. Ive been using zaks method for 4 months with
my now 1 year old dog and he knows how to play tug, however he loses
interest. He loves to chase but not chase me. He will bring something back
inside, then lay down and keep it, hell bring something back outside after
a few laps around the yard, even if i throw it short distances. Idk what he
learned before i got him at 8 months old, but its discouraging to say the
least.
My dog doesn’t play much, I want her to play fetch but she won’t even put
her mouth round ANYTHING except a treat. How do you get her to even start
the tug of war?
Also she doesn’t walk after a ball either,,,,she didn’t’ have much of a
puppy hood as she had puppies on the street when she was not quite a year…
I don’t know much about her background apart of that.
I got lucky with my dog, he knew how to fetch when I got him, the only part
I had to work on was teaching a let go, but that was super easy.
In fact, whenever people ask me why I picked him, I just say that it was
“love at first fetch”. I really wanted a playful, friendly, outgoing dog,
and when I was volunteering at the animal shelter I took him out for some
exercise and discovered his love of balls. I fell for him the moment he
chased the first ball… 🙂
In his personal opinion, tennis balls should be renamed to “yellow, fuzzy
orbs of happiness”
Baco’s fetch gets better everyday and this is absolutely true, he behaves
much better now. Thanks for these videos!! I want to take it to the next
level and I’m starting to work with the frisbee… He loves it!! His new
think these days is eating some christmas tree ornaments though!!
Hey Zak! I hope you can find time to answer this. What do you recommend for
indoor activities? I take my dog out for runs and that seems to wear her
out but there is some bad weather coming in and I dont think outside
activities will be a good idea. Also, any winter doggy maintenance advice?
I love how you suggest improved management (more play time) in order to
resolve issues, addressing the problem not the symptom. :)
My dog China is an extremely smart dog, she is the smartest dog I have had.
She is almost a year old and knows how to sit, lay down, roll over, walk on
a leash at my side and even get in her kennel when I tell her too. But she
doesn’t care for toys. I’ve tried many toys to get her interested in
playing with me but she doesn’t care. She would rather learn commands than
play. I don’t know why. (China was dropped off at my grandmothers house
with her brother and I took them both in, so I don’t know her background
she was only about 3 months old when she was dropped off.)
I learned so much from you like my puppy used to bite and know he doesn’t
at all my puppy’s name is Cleo but he’s 2 years old I’m not sure if he’s
confirmed a puppy but I think he still a puppy
I got lucky. My dog immediately took to fetch without any training
whatsoever. This is actually kind of odd, because all the research I found
when I was first considering adopting my pooch said that his breed (Korean
Jindo dog) was not a good candidate for fetch and tug of war should be a
forbidden sport because they like to grab on and not let go. I play both
fetch and tug with my boy and have had no problems like the research said I
would. Of course, he’s also a mixed breed (with what, I don’t know) so
that could be part of it… Anyway, we’ve gotten to the point where Loki
is finally grasping object differentiation. If I ask “go get ball” or “go
get squeaker”, he brings me the appropriate toy. We’re slowly expanding
the vocabulary!
i have a puppy that is 5 months old its a pommeranian andhe knows how to
stay come and ignore! next is fetching! tnx for the videos zak!
I just had the best game of fetch with my new pup Captain. He was dropping
the ball on command. Your videos have made it all possible thanks to the
commands leave it ( I say Drop), No or Eh!, Get it, and Yes! Also it really
helps how you showed getting the dog interested in the toy.
Before your video’s, I was definitely getting frustrated at times but you
have helped me learn to be patient and understand what is going on in the
dogs head. Our relationship is so much better within a week or two.
My puppy brings the toy close to me, but wont give it up. she tries to play
keep away with the toy instead, how can I fix this, if I try to get close
to her to teach her or get her to chase me she just runs away instead.
I always appreciate when you include info on how long it can take to train
the dog, since you’re videos make it look so easy! Keep up the great work!
I have a 9 month old lab staffy mix, she will occasionally chase the toy
when thrown but will then lie down and chew it and also with the tip for
playing tug, well as soon as I put my hand near the toy in her mouth she
lets go and even if she holds it, she wont tug. please are you able to
help?
Such a great video, you helped me so much in discovering my own mistakes
with my dog !
you are a pro Zak
i taught my 2 puppies to fetch but i am having trouble making them take
turns. is it possible lol???
i can get them to sit while the other one gets the ball most of the time,
but sometimes they will both run and then fight over it, or one will block
the other from bringing it back to me.
HAS HE GROWTH PILLS?! WHAT?!
I wish you could come train my puppy
I have 2 dogs, my 8 month old puppy plays fetch perfectly, but my 1 and a
half year-old blue healer/lab mix will not bring any toys back. I was
looking forward to this video for my puppy, but since it’s about fetch it
is actually the perfect video for my other dog! I hope this video will help
him learn fetch. The weird thing is, my puppy is the one we have
destruction problems with, even though we play fetch with her often. She
destroys beds, blankets, and has recently started chewing on the walls at
night when we’re asleep, even though I know she is really tired. Is there
anyway to train her to stop destroying things even after she’s tired? Is it
a puppy thing she will hopeful stop doing as she gets older?
My other dog, the one that won’t play fetch has very high energy, (probably
an 8 or 9 on a scale of 1-10) and since he won’t play fetch it’s hard to
tire him out, but he doesn’t ever chew or destroy things unless we give him
permission to.
My girl has only destroyed one work hat and that was shortly after I
adopted her a year ago. I was stern and kinda semi yelled at her. No
spanking or hitting of any sort. then took her for a walk. she has not
trashed anything since.
Can you help me, my dog is aggressive, she likes to bite me when i touch
her armshe likes to get angry often, and she wont listen to me, can you
help me by making a video about aggressive dog that dont want to be
touched. Its gonna help a lot of people out there, thank you.
Thank you, Zach, I now know why my older dog doesn’t play fetch well and
how to fix this with all of my dogs!
My dog Nelly ( similar to the border collie in “who let the dog’s out” 😛 )
is more than happy to play tug and let go but she just won’t chase me back
to where i throw it. Still working on it but she’s having a bit of trouble
with the idea.
Thank you so much! I started using this method to teach my 7 month old
boxer fetch and he loves it. Not only has it given him a great outlet to
release all of that puppy energy, it has, also, strengthened the bond we
share. Thank you so much!