Only do it while dog is on leash. Say the command then pull them away from it. Thousands of repetitions. Never reward. Don’t confuse the dog saying leave it when it’s an object or area they are usually allowed to go. You can’t do that until they absolutely know the command.
we have a 6 month old rock and she is very smart, but hard to control for my wife,i have had rocks be for and they are the best dogs ever, but i need to get her under control, i found you 2 days ago , now my wife understands i must keep her under control, we are watching all your videos, so thank you, i have Cancer and i want my dog to be there for my wife when i cant, or may not be here at all,so your training is so in-portent to us, THANK YOU AGAIN,i will keep trying every day, as long as i can,you are a blessing to us,
I just acquired a 7 month pup that is a mix of six breeds and she seem’s to be showing the smarts of all. I’m working on training her to be my service (working) dog. After watching 2 of your videos ( to refresh and learn beyond basics) I have now become a subscriber. I too use the leave it command, I started doing it because I didn’t/don’t want my animals harmed or poisoned.
Larry I couldn't agree more. I teach every single dog I work with to "leave it", and I started training in the 80's. So regardless of whether I'm doing obedience training, behavior modification on a human aggressive dog or a fear avoidant one...they all begin to learn this vital communication within the first two sessions. 👍🏻
I watch a lot of dog videos on the internet and this is by far the most impressive video I have ever seen with regard to training. To actually be able to stop your dog to continue running after the ball and come back to you when it is in full flight.....wow.... just wow !
The drive of a good Malinois is something that will never fail to blow me away! I'm currently working on a leave it command with my Border Collie and while progress is a little slow (smart and biddable dog, faulty teacher) I'm pretty happy! While it's far from perfected, it has already drastically helped with his desire to go chase whatever wild animals are meandering through the yard. I don't have a fenced yard, so building a good leave it and solid recall will eventually (hopefully) be able to allow him to play outside with his long line. A lot of insightful information in this video, as always!
This is amazing Sir, my name is Adil Qureshi, i am a dog trainer and behaviourist and i am from India. I am one of your TH-cam subscriber. I've been following your your tricks and methods which you says in your videos and all these things are working really well, thanks a lot for your all the efforts, helping thousands of people and your guidance. I really appreciate it Sir. God bless You 😇.
OMG! Best command ever! Teach it to all my obedience class students, especially the puppy class. Works with other dogs on a walk, anything in the back yard, food, etc. We don't use a leash correction, just wait for it, and mark as soon as they decide to look away we reinforce with verbal praise.
You’re absolutely amazing. You said something in one of your videos about putting in the work for the first year or two rather than correcting bad behavior later, and it absolutely changed my mindset. Keep up the good work!
This is my first time learning about leave it....seems important to me, if a dog wants to destroy your pillows, you say leave it, done....if a dog wants to go after a cat, leave it ...done...very good point ESPECIALLY if it’s dangerous for them, like poison, or poop, or decaying game......I LOVE IT .....thank you
I'm so glad you mention leave it as being the strongest command. I'm no dog trainer at all but all of my own dogs and even dogs that i had boarded for people and just worked with a lil bit all responded to leave it amazingly. For example i lived on 25 acres with my aunt and i had boarded an amstaff for a woman and the woman would come and visit and we'd go for walks out on the property with the dog Izzy and one time a rabbit shot out infront of us and of course she took off after it. The woman was yelling izzy over and over again and all it took was for me to say leave it once and she instantly stopped and looked at me. This happened in just under a month and a half of her staying with me. My first dog an aussie was a cat chasing demon if given the chance but the simple leave it command and he'd come to a halt and i taught him all by myself and i was 5 or 6. I have always loved to watch and learn what works best and i always remember it to be able to use with my own dogs.
I totally agree and have a pit pup that shocked me today with not knowing how to stay I went out back trained her exactly what u did oddly before I saw this lol thanks again
I love your style, Larry!! So BOLD, but FUNNY, because YOU SIR, CAN back it up...unlike a LOT of "dog trainers" 😂❤🐶 I have learned so much by watching and practicing steps in your videos. Thank you!!😊
Leave it or “off” as I use is essential in my house since I live with a kid and I’m a messy person lol my puppy learned that one very quickly only second to recall. Your no tools has inspired me to start working everything with both collar and markers daily.
Leave it was the best command we ever taught our puppy, we avoided a lot of typical puppy BS by teaching it, but hearing this reminds me to spend more time at it. I hope it's as good as Luca's one day, there's no way I could trust her off leash if a prey animal runs by.
This is so great thanks Larry! I've always done a recall in wildlife chasing situations cause that's what I was taught, don't know why I never thought to do a leave it. Good stuff!
I have only found your channel recently. Your training videos are excellent. Thank you for adding to and reinforcing my idea of how dogs should be trained.
Me too, I have seen the same. Leave it gets better compliance than recall or some other commands. Leave it gets my dogs to leave off chasing a deer through the woods, or a chicken bone on the street or another dog coming the opposite way on the trail. If I said, Come instead, sometimes the dog is like, "But wait I have to chase this deer right now." It seems like when I say Leave it the dog understands that I saw the deer or the chicken bone and THAT'S exactly what I want him to leave.
Fascinating! I’m a relatively new trainer and experienced the same success with the Leavitt command. It seems stronger than a lot of the other obedience that I have taught, but I didn’t know why and if it was unique to me. Thanks!
Totally agree . Anyone else deal with this. Sometimes the crazy drive does override the command which can make it more challenging . My dog who is a 2 year old Malinois will take a toy over almost anything including a big raw steak . He is not allowed to take anything out of my hand and with toys like playing chuckit . i now wait for the eye contact before i throw the ball or any toy. If i don’t he will obsessively focus on that ball and sometimes that toy focus DRIVE and excitability will override commands. So he knows focus on me then i throw the ball. He is toy CRAZY and sometime using specific toys are to much to train with and harder to focus and learn something new. So we use less valuable things. He gets very excited, focused, very HD, HP by an amazing dog. I do have to think outside the box and know how to read my dog when it’s mindset issue or just being hard headed. Most challenging dog I’ve ever had but so worth the hard work. 🐕🐕🐕🐕
As far as I understand it, the “leave it”command is different because instead of an ‘action’ command (like sit, down, out, stay, etc) it’s actually one of the only ‘un-action’ or ‘disengage’ commands. Works not only for not touching something, but also for dogs that are barking at something, pulling toward something specific, hyper-focused on something because of this!
Would you recommend teaching "Leave it" regarding dog aggression, or just no with remote collar correction? I rescued my 3 1/2 yo lab/rotty mix and was told he came from an abused environment. He was very cautious around human males and select dogs in our development when meeting for the first time. He is 100% better than when we got him nine months ago. He still shows aggression towards one dog, very close to redlining while on walks. I'm confused if I should try and teach leave it or just plain no at the very instant he sees and shows great interest in other dog while on a walk. He is a perfect gentleman in our house and around all people once he meets them. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I've watched almost all your videos and planning to purchase your book. Thank you! Kevin
I finally had my dog leaving her favorite toy bone behind so she would focus on me instead and be able to play the frisbee with me. LOL I hope she has the ability to understand the command thoroughly in the future and be able to leave any motorcycle or bicycle behind and focus on me instead. I believe the leave it command will let your dogs refocus on you cause your dogs will somehow believe that something more important will happen than pursuing whatever they are pursuing. But the most important thing about the leave it command is to build trust first. I let her understand that even though she leaves the toy bone behind, she will eventually have a chance to take it back sooner or later. She trusts me on that.
I totally agree with you however I would love to see you in action with a dog that you’re teaching from beginning to leave it not one that already has it down.
That is amazing! We would like to teach our puppy this command, but his name is Levi. We are concerned it sounds too similar. Is there any other phrase you can think of that would make sense for the same purpose?
Larry, what is the difference between telling the dog "leave it" with food and then releasing them to the food vs. "leave it" with the ball and then releasing them to the ball? Is this the more advanced obedience you are referring to? How did/do you teach the "leave it" and make it so in grained in the dog if not then giving a "reward".
Larry could you put a link to a video of how YOU teach the leave it in the description please? Ive tried looking and i cant seem to find it (if you have done one that is) if you have not done a video on this could you please do one for us? I am definitely going to start teaching the leave it soon as i get my pup this week but it would help if i had some tips.
mattystewart8 He says in the video that he uses the leash to pull the puppy away from the object of interest. So, I’m assuming a lot of repetition while the dog is on leash is the way he teaches it. Then, increase the “distraction” by using something that’s more difficult for the dog to leave... once your dog becomes reliable on-leash, then you would most likely increase the challenge by using the command off leash (start small and build up again). I could be entirely wrong, but I’m sure this will at least give you a starting point in case Larry doesn’t put out a video showing how he teaches this anytime soon. I know he mentioned he gets 100s of emails/messages daily, so it’s impossible for him to answer each one, but he certainly tries his best and does a good job putting out helpful videos. Good luck with your new puppy!!
Larry, could you post a video on how you actually teach the "leave it" commands? I couldn't find any videos in your channel teaching that. I could only see the outcome of it. Thanks!
I sure needed this. Common sense but I still was struggling to deal with my puppies pica. If it fits in his mouth he wants to eat it, especially peat, dirt, rocks, sticks, plastic, and my rhubarb crown. He was surprisingly compliant, not for everything everytime, but I believe this will work.
If I had to guess why this works: bc of the ways "leave it" is taught and used, voluntary drive suppression is built in by association. I suspect if you were to explicitly teach and use "down" in similar ways, you might get similar results. Might be interesting to experiment with that.
Is it too late to teach my 5 year old, 72 pound Doodle, to ‘’ leave it’’? Maybe you already have a video addressing teaching it to the older dog, but if so, I don’t know how to find it. Thanks 🐾
I enjoy all your videos and talks. I have a 5-6 months old Belgian Malinois with no prior training or very bad abusive training I rescued him about 2 weeks ago and he's started listening some. Because he was out of control Leave It was n is very important in his training right now, thanks for the great vids and tips
That's the next command I'll teach the dog!! 10 months old rottweiler, very obedient (playing/ training every day)... but it runs like crazy after small animals (cats, ducks...). I know it's dangerous (most of the times we walk without leash) and I don't why I didn't think about it. Thnx!
Great video Larry! Very much agree with your philosophy. I have a question though. My dog's Leave It is ok. She obeys except in the high anxiety situations...rabbits, certain birds, etc. When I trained her I did use rewards, so my question is how to go about training without any rewards at all? For example, if she's in the backyard and the neighbor's dog comes out in their yard, and she darts to the fence to bark, do you just physically go get the dog and say leave it every time? It's hard to understand how the psychology of why Leave It would be such a command that kicks in uniquely...
Its a Malinois, they are crazy. Legend is that breed does not sleep and their owners end up in many sleep deprivation studies because their dogs wont leave them alone.
Great video. I can only hope to get this good with my dog. How many minutes at a time would you say a training session should be. How many times a day.
3 to 5 times a day for about 10 minutes each time is plenty for most dogs. Dogs brain will get worn out quickly and it is best to stop training while they are still motivated to train. Also, remember that the way you live with your dogs is how your dog lives with you. "Leave it" is used a lot around the home, not just during training. So you can get a lot of opportunities to train "leave it" with out making it something only done in a formal training session.
Great video, *really a key concept.* Actually, I can't picture anyone - no matter the actual experience - denying the outmost importance of the leave it.
I thought I was the only one using that command *LEAVE IT*. 👍 I started that command from the moment our puppy came to our home in 2003. We never had a problem using that command. He always left it alone whatever it was he was told not to touch. He was perfect in my eyes... I kid you not my puppy/dog never chewed on my furniture or shoes or just anything around our house for that matter. People were amazed how we never had a problem with him destroying our house/belongings. He had his own toys and that is the only stuff he was allowed to grab when he wanted something to chew on/play with or destroy. Never did he chew on shoes or anything; even as he was teething... It was amazing! Oh and I NEVER used rewards for that command as well. By the way he was an American Pitbull. 🐶 No longer with us but I sure miss him! The leave it command was one of thee best commands we used. 👍👍 Now we are fostering to adopt a new dog that is 5 years old. Never house broken and she's doing great. We've only had her for two weeks but she's amazing for not being house broken. Training her on commands but the only thing I'm having problems with is when we go for walks (twice a day). Just ordered a Herm Sprenger prong collar, hopefully that will help out to keep her calm and get her to focused on me and not other distractions like other dogs and lizards; otherwise she goes bananas.
My yellow lab Maggie learned all commands after 9-12 weeks easily. Very good behavior in the house and on walks. BUT at 9 months recall/come she just stops and stares at me!! I quit with the treat rewards a month ago and started up again. I turn away when she doesn't come on first call.... What am I doing wrong? I don't let her pull, go out first , leave the crate without command, go in and out of car without a command as well. It's the recall/come that is making me crazy.... HELP
Hi Larry, great trainin. I learned alot from your channel. I can't seem to find any videos on youtube that teach poison proofing. Robbers killed my mother's dog overseas before they broke in a few weeks later. What is the best way, if there is one, to train a dog for that? If so, could you make a video in the future about it?
Hey Larry, just out of curiosity, is Luca fixed? Oops, never mind, new subscriber to your channel, I found the answer on one of your other videos, thanks.
Seems to work for him... He kind of covers what the command (leave it) means to the dog a bit (leave it alone don't touch it, off limits)... Which in his style of training makes sense. I get it when applied to a squirrel, trash can, etc.... But it just bugs me when used for a toy (I'm not bashing just bitching haha) in that the command is only "temporary". I doubt it is used in the same "temporary" manner when applied to squirrel chasing, etc. Again I am NOT bashing or saying it is wrong and I "get it"... But I never use "leave it", I always correct "no". If the dog goes after an animal I want to communicate "stop doing that" with the goal of the dog to not impulsively chase animals, or dig in the trash, etc. With the "style" I train it really doesn't make sense to teach "leave it"... Same goes for "off". Again it works fine for him, he is a good trainer, and the way he trains is not wrong.... Just bitching a little about something petty that bugs me
Please, please, please, make a short video on how to teach the leave command.I would love to learn how you started teaching that skill. Thank you.
I second this
Has anyone come across one of his videos where he shows how to teach this?
I would also love to know how to teach this.
Only do it while dog is on leash. Say the command then pull them away from it. Thousands of repetitions. Never reward. Don’t confuse the dog saying leave it when it’s an object or area they are usually allowed to go. You can’t do that until they absolutely know the command.
@@krisprescott this one. It’s this video
I thought my dog and I were doing so good until we watch another one of your videos and realize how far we have to go yet. Impressive!
we have a 6 month old rock and she is very smart, but hard to control for my wife,i have had rocks be for and they are the best dogs ever, but i need to get her under control, i found you 2 days ago , now my wife understands i must keep her under control, we are watching all your videos, so thank you, i have Cancer and i want my dog to be there for my wife when i cant, or may not be here at all,so your training is so in-portent to us, THANK YOU AGAIN,i will keep trying every day, as long as i can,you are a blessing to us,
The way you communicate with him is inspiring.
I just acquired a 7 month pup that is a mix of six breeds and she seem’s to be showing the smarts of all. I’m working on training her to be my service (working) dog. After watching 2 of your videos ( to refresh and learn beyond basics) I have now become a subscriber. I too use the leave it command, I started doing it because I didn’t/don’t want my animals harmed or poisoned.
Larry I couldn't agree more. I teach every single dog I work with to "leave it", and I started training in the 80's. So regardless of whether I'm doing obedience training, behavior modification on a human aggressive dog or a fear avoidant one...they all begin to learn this vital communication within the first two sessions. 👍🏻
Honestly u are the most
non-bulls**t trainer out there straight to the point
I like it
Keep it up im defo subscribing
We need more like this 😁😁
I watch a lot of dog videos on the internet and this is by far the most impressive video I have ever seen with regard to training. To actually be able to stop your dog to continue running after the ball and come back to you when it is in full flight.....wow.... just wow !
The drive of a good Malinois is something that will never fail to blow me away! I'm currently working on a leave it command with my Border Collie and while progress is a little slow (smart and biddable dog, faulty teacher) I'm pretty happy! While it's far from perfected, it has already drastically helped with his desire to go chase whatever wild animals are meandering through the yard. I don't have a fenced yard, so building a good leave it and solid recall will eventually (hopefully) be able to allow him to play outside with his long line. A lot of insightful information in this video, as always!
This is amazing Sir, my name is Adil Qureshi, i am a dog trainer and behaviourist and i am from India.
I am one of your TH-cam subscriber.
I've been following your your tricks and methods which you says in your videos and all these things are working really well, thanks a lot for your all the efforts, helping thousands of people and your guidance. I really appreciate it Sir.
God bless You 😇.
OMG! Best command ever! Teach it to all my obedience class students, especially the puppy class. Works with other dogs on a walk, anything in the back yard, food, etc. We don't use a leash correction, just wait for it, and mark as soon as they decide to look away we reinforce with verbal praise.
You’re absolutely amazing. You said something in one of your videos about putting in the work for the first year or two rather than correcting bad behavior later, and it absolutely changed my mindset. Keep up the good work!
So helpful, Larry... Thank you. The emphasis on teaching has taken my dog training (I'm just a dog owner) to the next level.
Just found your video cuz I’m having issues with my new pup and come. But I 100% agree the leave it command is SO important
This is my first time learning about leave it....seems important to me, if a dog wants to destroy your pillows, you say leave it, done....if a dog wants to go after a cat, leave it ...done...very good point ESPECIALLY if it’s dangerous for them, like poison, or poop, or decaying game......I LOVE IT .....thank you
I'm so glad you mention leave it as being the strongest command. I'm no dog trainer at all but all of my own dogs and even dogs that i had boarded for people and just worked with a lil bit all responded to leave it amazingly. For example i lived on 25 acres with my aunt and i had boarded an amstaff for a woman and the woman would come and visit and we'd go for walks out on the property with the dog Izzy and one time a rabbit shot out infront of us and of course she took off after it. The woman was yelling izzy over and over again and all it took was for me to say leave it once and she instantly stopped and looked at me. This happened in just under a month and a half of her staying with me. My first dog an aussie was a cat chasing demon if given the chance but the simple leave it command and he'd come to a halt and i taught him all by myself and i was 5 or 6. I have always loved to watch and learn what works best and i always remember it to be able to use with my own dogs.
Larry it would be awesome if you could make a video of teaching leave it. Love your videos, thanks for giving out such useful free information!
Watching you &Luca is like watching a well choreographed dance. 💜☮
I totally agree and have a pit pup that shocked me today with not knowing how to stay I went out back trained her exactly what u did oddly before I saw this lol thanks again
kristina hewer I want to take them home with me. My GS Ned’s to attend his school lol
I love your style, Larry!! So BOLD, but FUNNY, because YOU SIR, CAN back it up...unlike a LOT of "dog trainers" 😂❤🐶 I have learned so much by watching and practicing steps in your videos. Thank you!!😊
I’m new to your channel. All I can say is, I’m obsessed. Lol
Lisa G Im obeast
Lisa G I know, right!
Ya' understand what um sayin'?
@@wiesbadengera1 The dude is not active his own post. Not interactive at all. SMH
Leave it or “off” as I use is essential in my house since I live with a kid and I’m a messy person lol my puppy learned that one very quickly only second to recall. Your no tools has inspired me to start working everything with both collar and markers daily.
bua, i love Luca, his focus on you is amazing.
Leave it was the best command we ever taught our puppy, we avoided a lot of typical puppy BS by teaching it, but hearing this reminds me to spend more time at it. I hope it's as good as Luca's one day, there's no way I could trust her off leash if a prey animal runs by.
This is so great thanks Larry! I've always done a recall in wildlife chasing situations cause that's what I was taught, don't know why I never thought to do a leave it. Good stuff!
That is honestly the most behaved dog I have ever seen on the internet, in normal circumstances
I have only found your channel recently. Your training videos are excellent. Thank you for adding to and reinforcing my idea of how dogs should be trained.
Me too, I have seen the same. Leave it gets better compliance than recall or some other commands. Leave it gets my dogs to leave off chasing a deer through the woods, or a chicken bone on the street or another dog coming the opposite way on the trail. If I said, Come instead, sometimes the dog is like, "But wait I have to chase this deer right now." It seems like when I say Leave it the dog understands that I saw the deer or the chicken bone and THAT'S exactly what I want him to leave.
Would love to see a leave it demonstration.
Amazing. I tried your ( OUT) command. OMG my Rottie boy did it 🤦♂️. THANK YOU. He is 13 weeks old. I look forward to your videos/ help.
This man is the god of all dogs
Great Job Larry on the Leave-it command thats exactly how it should be done. People need to communicate better with there dogs and correct properly.
Do you have a video to SHOW us how to do the leave it command?
Fascinating! I’m a relatively new trainer and experienced the same success with the Leavitt command. It seems stronger than a lot of the other obedience that I have taught, but I didn’t know why and if it was unique to me. Thanks!
Totally agree . Anyone else deal with this. Sometimes the crazy drive does override the command which can make it more challenging . My dog who is a 2 year old Malinois will take a toy over almost anything including a big raw steak . He is not allowed to take anything out of my hand and with toys like playing chuckit . i now wait for the eye contact before i throw the ball or any toy. If i don’t he will obsessively focus on that ball and sometimes that toy focus DRIVE and excitability will override commands. So he knows focus on me then i throw the ball. He is toy CRAZY and sometime using specific toys are to much to train with and harder to focus and learn something new. So we use less valuable things. He gets very excited, focused, very HD, HP by an amazing dog. I do have to think outside the box and know how to read my dog when it’s mindset issue or just being hard headed. Most challenging dog I’ve ever had but so worth the hard work. 🐕🐕🐕🐕
As far as I understand it, the “leave it”command is different because instead of an ‘action’ command (like sit, down, out, stay, etc) it’s actually one of the only ‘un-action’ or ‘disengage’ commands. Works not only for not touching something, but also for dogs that are barking at something, pulling toward something specific, hyper-focused on something because of this!
Love this. The steak video 2011. Iam from Sydney, love the way u teach your dogs, very clear and effective.
Awesome stuff, I need to work on my leave it, I'm super motivated now.
I really appreciate all the knowledgeable videos. Can tell your passionate about helping people create better relationships with their furry friends.
I'm hoping I can get my doberman this well trained! Reading the book now and now watching all your videos!
Love this! You and Luca are amazing. Sorry to hear about the seizure. Had no idea.
I have a Labrador Retriever. You can imagine how important 'leave it is'. He's a scavenger !
Would you recommend teaching "Leave it" regarding dog aggression, or just no with remote collar correction? I rescued my 3 1/2 yo lab/rotty mix and was told he came from an abused environment. He was very cautious around human males and select dogs in our development when meeting for the first time. He is 100% better than when we got him nine months ago. He still shows aggression towards one dog, very close to redlining while on walks. I'm confused if I should try and teach leave it or just plain no at the very instant he sees and shows great interest in other dog while on a walk. He is a perfect gentleman in our house and around all people once he meets them. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I've watched almost all your videos and planning to purchase your book. Thank you!
Kevin
I finally had my dog leaving her favorite toy bone behind so she would focus on me instead and be able to play the frisbee with me. LOL I hope she has the ability to understand the command thoroughly in the future and be able to leave any motorcycle or bicycle behind and focus on me instead. I believe the leave it command will let your dogs refocus on you cause your dogs will somehow believe that something more important will happen than pursuing whatever they are pursuing. But the most important thing about the leave it command is to build trust first. I let her understand that even though she leaves the toy bone behind, she will eventually have a chance to take it back sooner or later. She trusts me on that.
Great work, you have a very well trained dog
Larry, you are awesome. Thank you!
This channel is addition for dog lovers
I totally agree with you however I would love to see you in action with a dog that you’re teaching from beginning to leave it not one that already has it down.
It happens spontaneously and repeatedly as you live life with your dog. That’s what he’s saying.
Great educational video. Leave it can be the most useful command as Larry said.
Beard game on fleek... Keep speaking the truth coach!
your yard is incredible...I can't wait to move somewhere with space/privacy like this.
8:27 im confused.
Are you not doing the same thing with luca ? ( 0:45 )
That is amazing! We would like to teach our puppy this command, but his name is Levi. We are concerned it sounds too similar. Is there any other phrase you can think of that would make sense for the same purpose?
Back off or quit could work
Larry, what is the difference between telling the dog "leave it" with food and then releasing them to the food vs. "leave it" with the ball and then releasing them to the ball? Is this the more advanced obedience you are referring to? How did/do you teach the "leave it" and make it so in grained in the dog if not then giving a "reward".
Larry could you put a link to a video of how YOU teach the leave it in the description please? Ive tried looking and i cant seem to find it (if you have done one that is) if you have not done a video on this could you please do one for us? I am definitely going to start teaching the leave it soon as i get my pup this week but it would help if i had some tips.
mattystewart8 He says in the video that he uses the leash to pull the puppy away from the object of interest. So, I’m assuming a lot of repetition while the dog is on leash is the way he teaches it. Then, increase the “distraction” by using something that’s more difficult for the dog to leave... once your dog becomes reliable on-leash, then you would most likely increase the challenge by using the command off leash (start small and build up again).
I could be entirely wrong, but I’m sure this will at least give you a starting point in case Larry doesn’t put out a video showing how he teaches this anytime soon. I know he mentioned he gets 100s of emails/messages daily, so it’s impossible for him to answer each one, but he certainly tries his best and does a good job putting out helpful videos. Good luck with your new puppy!!
I’m working with my dog on the leave it and com and leash pulling
Larry, could you post a video on how you actually teach the "leave it" commands? I couldn't find any videos in your channel teaching that. I could only see the outcome of it. Thanks!
Goddamn,such an obedient dog.wish mine was half this good.
I sure needed this. Common sense but I still was struggling to deal with my puppies pica. If it fits in his mouth he wants to eat it, especially peat, dirt, rocks, sticks, plastic, and my rhubarb crown. He was surprisingly compliant, not for everything everytime, but I believe this will work.
I’m determined to let you work with my adopted GSD on my next road trip from FL to MN. We got him at age four in August with zero obedience.
You should make a video of the leave it command
Could you do a video teaching each command?
If I had to guess why this works: bc of the ways "leave it" is taught and used, voluntary drive suppression is built in by association. I suspect if you were to explicitly teach and use "down" in similar ways, you might get similar results. Might be interesting to experiment with that.
Is it too late to teach my 5 year old, 72 pound Doodle, to
‘’ leave it’’? Maybe you already have a video addressing teaching it to the older dog, but if so, I don’t know how to find it. Thanks 🐾
I would love to see more about socializing a puppy especially with other dogs.
Hi Larry, where can I find your videos on teaching basic obedience? Could use them. :)
Can you please show us how to teach a dog Leave It commeand?
I enjoy all your videos and talks. I have a 5-6 months old Belgian Malinois with no prior training or very bad abusive training I rescued him about 2 weeks ago and he's started listening some. Because he was out of control Leave It was n is very important in his training right now, thanks for the great vids and tips
That's the next command I'll teach the dog!! 10 months old rottweiler, very obedient (playing/ training every day)... but it runs like crazy after small animals (cats, ducks...). I know it's dangerous (most of the times we walk without leash) and I don't why I didn't think about it. Thnx!
Very logical and extremely well articulated.
Seizure.... what happened?
I apologise if it's been asked and answered?
Curious as to why you don’t work with buddy?
Going to try this with my JRT. There are always rattlesnakes somewhere learking around our farm. Thanks
Do you teach this with the e-collar?
Great video Larry! Very much agree with your philosophy. I have a question though. My dog's Leave It is ok. She obeys except in the high anxiety situations...rabbits, certain birds, etc. When I trained her I did use rewards, so my question is how to go about training without any rewards at all? For example, if she's in the backyard and the neighbor's dog comes out in their yard, and she darts to the fence to bark, do you just physically go get the dog and say leave it every time? It's hard to understand how the psychology of why Leave It would be such a command that kicks in uniquely...
How do I get drive and focus like that ? My vclak is like bloody eyore when training. Is the reward not high value enough?
Training + Genetics
Its a Malinois, they are crazy. Legend is that breed does not sleep and their owners end up in many sleep deprivation studies because their dogs wont leave them alone.
Great video. I can only hope to get this good with my dog. How many minutes at a time would you say a training session should be. How many times a day.
3 to 5 times a day for about 10 minutes each time is plenty for most dogs. Dogs brain will get worn out quickly and it is best to stop training while they are still motivated to train. Also, remember that the way you live with your dogs is how your dog lives with you. "Leave it" is used a lot around the home, not just during training. So you can get a lot of opportunities to train "leave it" with out making it something only done in a formal training session.
Agree. Now HOW do you actually teach that to an adult dog?
Repeatedly doing it
Can you put a link to the video where you teach the leave it command without using food based reward?
Agree....the best command!
thank you so much for this video!
Great video, *really a key concept.* Actually, I can't picture anyone - no matter the actual experience - denying the outmost importance of the leave it.
Do you have an opinion on the word ‘no’
I thought I was the only one using that command *LEAVE IT*. 👍
I started that command from the moment our puppy came to our home in 2003. We never had a problem using that command. He always left it alone whatever it was he was told not to touch. He was perfect in my eyes... I kid you not my puppy/dog never chewed on my furniture or shoes or just anything around our house for that matter. People were amazed how we never had a problem with him destroying our house/belongings. He had his own toys and that is the only stuff he was allowed to grab when he wanted something to chew on/play with or destroy. Never did he chew on shoes or anything; even as he was teething... It was amazing! Oh and I NEVER used rewards for that command as well. By the way he was an American Pitbull. 🐶
No longer with us but I sure miss him!
The leave it command was one of thee best commands we used. 👍👍
Now we are fostering to adopt a new dog that is 5 years old. Never house broken and she's doing great. We've only had her for two weeks but she's amazing for not being house broken. Training her on commands but the only thing I'm having problems with is when we go for walks (twice a day). Just ordered a Herm Sprenger prong collar, hopefully that will help out to keep her calm and get her to focused on me and not other distractions like other dogs and lizards; otherwise she goes bananas.
Do your neighbors ever give you a hard time for anything dog related/ training
Does it intimidate them?
Thank you once again!
I have a 13 week old German Shepherd and Staffordshire terrier mix and she is stubborn. Using her mouth to play eating her poop and doesn't listen.
Larry,
Where can I get that Ball/ rope????
Can you train a doberman to be as obedient as Luca?
I have a 40 lbs mix pup 9 months old. What size crate should she have? I wonder if the one I have is too small.
My yellow lab Maggie learned all commands after 9-12 weeks easily. Very good behavior in the house and on walks. BUT at 9 months
recall/come she just stops and stares at me!! I quit with the treat rewards a month ago and started up again. I turn away when she doesn't come on first call.... What am I doing wrong? I don't let her pull, go out first , leave the crate without command, go in and out of car without a command as well. It's the recall/come that is making me crazy.... HELP
Dogs are AWESOME! This is why we hired one to be our CEO!
I use leave it every day and by far, my fav. But when it comes to her toys or food, its wait!
Great video Larry. Some very valid points . Sorry to hear Luca had a seizure. Was it exercise related? Leave it is so important. Thank you : )
Laura's Life Dog Training & Dog Vlogs laura have you done a video on how to teach the leave it? Could you do one if not please??
@@mattystewart8 I will if mt Pc allows me to. Still working on a terminally sick pc : ) Mostly it is repetition . : )
How much you will charge to train my Akita’s and what is your advice to Train these breed
Hi Larry, great trainin. I learned alot from your channel. I can't seem to find any videos on youtube that teach poison proofing. Robbers killed my mother's dog overseas before they broke in a few weeks later. What is the best way, if there is one, to train a dog for that? If so, could you make a video in the future about it?
Yes.. I would like an answer to that too.
New thing in SA is poison ur dogs before breaking into your property..
Hey Larry, just out of curiosity, is Luca fixed?
Oops, never mind, new subscriber to your channel, I found the answer on one of your other videos, thanks.
Great video!
How old is Luca in this video?
Seems to work for him... He kind of covers what the command (leave it) means to the dog a bit (leave it alone don't touch it, off limits)... Which in his style of training makes sense. I get it when applied to a squirrel, trash can, etc.... But it just bugs me when used for a toy (I'm not bashing just bitching haha) in that the command is only "temporary". I doubt it is used in the same "temporary" manner when applied to squirrel chasing, etc. Again I am NOT bashing or saying it is wrong and I "get it"... But I never use "leave it", I always correct "no". If the dog goes after an animal I want to communicate "stop doing that" with the goal of the dog to not impulsively chase animals, or dig in the trash, etc. With the "style" I train it really doesn't make sense to teach "leave it"... Same goes for "off". Again it works fine for him, he is a good trainer, and the way he trains is not wrong.... Just bitching a little about something petty that bugs me
Thank you