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Originally Posted by Shelby427  You say you want to make sure he's used to it in case he might see a similar situation in public - but that's where you come in to make sure he's not in those situations. Why would he have such an item outside of the house? |
There are times in public that a dog finds an item that is high value. There have been times walking my dogs that they come across a "high value item". People have tossed from their car windows left over portions of hamburgers, tacos, twinkies, chocolate wrappers with melted chocolate, etc., etc.
The "leave it" and "drop it" commands with a quick "yes", followed by a yummy training treat has proved very successful.
As the others have said, it is important to have a yummy trade when practicing this exercise.