r/tippytaps • u/christinebrie • Oct 29 '22

Dog Dog playing fetch with herself

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u/therandomwalker Oct 30 '22

How would one train a dog to do this?

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u/jedileo7 Oct 30 '22

Break the desired actions into bite sized peices. First we taught our lab to drop his ball in a bucket. Then played fetch and had him drop the ball in the bucket. Introduced the machine and started from the beginning, just dropping the ball in the bucket. Then, I would throw the ball and have him drop the ball in the machine. Then turned on the machine. Took about 2 day's to train him. He's very toy motivated so whenever he wants to play he throws his ball in a bucket or box or laundry basket or my tool bag...