This is the puppy training podcast, episode 135, How to Make Drop It Fun for Your Dog.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and

learning as you train your own dog from home. And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hey everybody. How are you today? Thank you so much for tuning into the puppy training podcast.

I really appreciate you being here. Today we are talking about drop it.

Do you feel like this should be called the dreaded drop it? It can feel that way sometimes,

I think. But today I want to offer you a few ideas of how you can make this actually a fun thing

for your dog. But first, I recently added a podcast roadmap to

our site. You can visit our site, click podcast from our menu bar. There'll be a little forum that you

can fill out and you'll get a free roadmap. This will help you if you are just joining me. Maybe

you just found this podcast and you are looking

for a good place to begin. You'll notice I talk about anything and everything puppies in random order

trying to keep things fun on the podcast. So if you have a new dog and are beginning your training

journey, go check out that roadmap. It would be useful to know what order to begin

listening in, right? So I created the roadmap just for you. Check it out today. All right, drop it.

Okay, how well does your dog know this one? Now, some dogs are happy to release whatever they have,

while others clamp their jaws down like the jaws of death

right and refuse to let go the difference most likely is the former we're taught the value in letting

go they realize it's worth it to let go right that's the key to drop it make it rewarding for your dog

help them see the value in letting go of what they have

by making sure they always get something awesome in return. We make it worthwhile for them to let go of

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