How To Stop The "Chase Me" Game With Your Dog or Puppy

Описание: Sometimes, when a dog has an object, and we try to take it away, they will run away and start playing the "Chase Me" game. Regardless of whether it's because the dog finds it fun, or because they simply want to stop us from taking it, the fact is that we have made the object our focus and have increased its value, so the dog wants to keep it.

An exercise like this is designed to remove value from the object and make the focus me and the dog. It builds his trust that I'm not going to try to take the item, so he doesn't feel protective. When that happens, he's more likely to stay in one spot with the object. This means that, for potentially dangerous items, like something out of the garbage, he's less likely to run away with it, so we can approach him and take it.

If we throw in treats when we approach the non harmful item, then he's learning that WE'RE more valuable than the object, and, as you can see with Copper, he'll start dropping it when we approach.

**A Note About Copper: He is not eating the stick. He's just breaking it apart. If you have a dog that is EATING the object, then this is not an item that we want to practice this with. Use your best judgement based on the knowledge of your own dog. 🐶❤️