The German Shepherd is recognized as one of the best working dogs in the world, and we often see it in military and police dogs. The German Shepherd is not only physically impressive, but also has a very high IQ, and general skills training is relatively easy for him. We often see some German shepherds helping their owners “carry things”, that is, hold things, let’s look at the steps to train the German shepherd to hold things. The first step: first use the German shepherd’s favorite toy or snack to guide the dog to the side, and pet him to calm him down. Step 2: Prepare an object of interest to the German Shepherd, such as a baseball, bone, etc., shake it in front of the dog a few times, but do not let it bite, wait until the dog is excited enough, then throw the baseball or bone away into the distance, the dog will usually chase and run over and take the object into his mouth. Step 3: Some dogs will only appear to not chase, or bite a little and then let go, the owner should lead the German Shepherd to the landing point of the thing, put the thing into the dog’s mouth. But can not use coercive measures, to soothe it while, in order to achieve the best training effect, it is best to choose the dog did not get tired of playing with toys to induce. Step 4: After the German Shepherd put something in his mouth, he called the dog’s name, signaling him to come to his face, calling out the command “put down”, if the dog finished very well, we should pet him, and constantly praise him, to increase the dog’s training motivation. Step 5: Repeat the above training steps in different scenarios, such as on the road, on the grass, etc. Through continuous practice, the German Shepherd will soon learn to “hold” this skill. However, the training time and number of times per day should not be too long, training four or five times per day can be, each training time not more than fifteen minutes. The above is the steps to train the German Shepherd to hold things, in order to let the dog fully grasp this skill, requires the owner to maintain enough patience to repeatedly train, and do reward and punishment, training efficiency will be higher.
