Teach Your Dog To Fetch The Newspaper in 4 Steps

This trick works well if you have a door slot for your mail or you have a daily newspaper that gets delivered to your door. For this trick, your dog has to go where the mail or paper is kept, pick up the item, bring it to you, and release it into your hand.

1. Teach your dog to carry non essential letter and junk mail without stopping to shred them before you use the real thing. ("The dog ate all the bills" probobly won't go down well with your creditors). Do this by treating your dog for taking the letter or newspaper and holding it without mouthing it.

2. Take a step or two away and have her bring it to you. Reinforce the motion of moving towards you with a treat.

3. Put the letter on the floor and tell your dog to take it. You want to use junk mail untill your dog refines her techniques in picking up something so close to the floor.

4. When your dog is retieving with finesse, begin to work on her with the real mail pie or the newspaper.

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