My cat LOVED watching this video.

So glad for this. I was actually looking through your videos a week or so ago to see if you had anything like this. Thank you !

Thank you!

Thank you for another great video but particularly in this video you gave us an idea of the time it takes to train this. It’s good to know that it takes 6 to 12 months to get to this level so I have to be patient with myself and my dog and not expect immediate results. Sometimes you and your beautiful dogs make these things look so easy that I get disappointed with myself when I cannot communicate what I’m asking my dog to do clearly enough to get her to do these things.

Great hold. I've found that with my lab, it usually takes a good week to teach more complicated behaviors like the hold/release. Labs, at lease my girl, self-taught several things and I swore she understood every word when we were playing and/or training. From 8 weeks old on, she was brilliant. Took her on a road trip of several hours when she was 10 weeks and she would whine when she needed a potty break. Same while we were at the rental house. Anyway, back to your hold/release training, it seemed that the training finally just clicked and that 's what I was seeing the last 3 hold/release commands.

Excellent! Thank you.

Thanks!

I just started teaching my puppy the Hold command. This is very useful.

very very clear explanation

Nice work here. So good you said it takes a while. I had a lady say her dog won't roll over...she tried once. We don't have magic wands , it all takes time and effort. Thanks : )

Clear video. Slightly more challenging with a Pug

Cheers Mate!

Thanks for explaining, also that by chance we saw how to correct. Nice to see a healthy fit not chubby Labrador.

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Mr. Cabral, I really like it when you mentioned the time line that you think it should take for the dog to understand and replete the command such as HOLD. If you can, please incorporate this information in your videos and ask Q&A’s to help owners and trainers to understand it takes a good amount of time spent with the dog during training. This information can cut down on some training anxiety that develops in the mind of the owner or trainer. Thank you

I don’t think I’ve seen you correct Goofy too often. Have you made a video on corrections and when to use them? I’m trying to find one, thanks!

do you have any advice for training a great pyrenees, or in general, a livestock protection dog? I rescued one from a shelter a week ago and am interested in any tips that you may have. Thanks

Duane is a handsome dog!

My Dog loves your channel she is a big fan - uploaded a vid of her watching 😂

Starting this with my staffy tomorrow

Cabral u r great trainer, dogs behaves like human with u

Hey Robert, I have been watching your videos for advice and opinions for awhile. I'm looking for a little advice or an ask me anything question. I feed my one year old German Shepherd kibble, but I would like to start feeding here a couple chicken necks or a turkey neck at night as a bond to clean her teeth and add a tasty treat after a long day. Do you think it would be safe to feed kibble and add a raw component to her daily diet? Thanks!

Do you have to give treats ? While playing to your dog ? Or the play is the treats . . I have a malinois

I am trying to teach my dog fetch, I got a late start with him and it's going slowly. two problems I have right now. 1. he does not hold the object for me 2. he always picks the item up (no matter what it is) from its side no matter if it's the easiest way or not. What are some ways to influence the right behavior or correct the current behaviors?

Hello my dog didn"t stop moving her head. When she bite the stick, in this moment she put it in the ground. If i help her to hold it, she move her head down, back, left, right and noway to hold it. What i must to do in this situation. Thanks for helping, i hope you understand me! Greatings from Bulgaria.

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Wow Dwayne has grown big! Props to that dog! And his owner of course. I wanna take the opportunity to ask, since you are talking about the basics, what should I expect from my dog in terms of responding to training ? I mean, he's 7 month old (almost) and has a pretty solid sit, bring, get it, come (by solid I mean he knows the commands and 70% or 80% of the time responds right); a regular down and fetch and I'm teaching him to go around me and get in between my legs (later I will add some more to this last exercise like walking and turning with me). But the question is, how much should it take for him to learn one given excercise (generally speaking). Sometimes he just nails one given exercise it everytime and on the next day I get frustrated because he doesn't respond, then I remember he's just a puppy. Can you make a video on this subject ? It will be very much appreciated and informative, I'm guessing other people has this doubt too.

I hope one day he will upload all this videos on KZfaq rather than memeber only website

My question Robert is in previous videos, you mentioned not rewarding the dog with the item you ask it to leave, but in this case, you say out, leave it, and then hold with the same object. I don't know the time frame between videos and whether your philosophy on this changed.

Robert! just curious how to stop my dog eating everything on walks off the ground, also thanks for this video!

Is there a german command for hold? Or is hold/take the most common?

Hello, i hope u manage to have time to reply to this. I've been trying to teach my 5 month Golden Retriever puppy to hold but i just cant get him not to chew. Tried calming him down and holding his both jaws actually (gently), but nothing seems to work. And i cant pass that step. Any hints?

My rough collie would fetch and bring back flawlessly as a pup....now she refuses to fetch as year old....at 12 weeks little training she would fetch, bring and drop then sit till I throw it, wonder why she won't do it anymore?

My problem is not the go bring it’s the release when he gets back.. he just wants to play tug of war! I will try the bring in like you showed on the aus.

How would you recommend doing this with a cattle dog? Sometimes they can have a little attitude

Hi Robert, is it possible to train a small dog to hold too? How do you get your dog to take it and not run away with the object? My dog takes it from me and runs away almost immediately, he knows the basic commands like sit down stay etc.

My is jumping around me if he is not listening to me

So you don't use any treats? Just praise?

what is this ouch command?

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This is more like a what the dog should be doing than a how to make your dog do

My dog just stares at me😑

Why do you say "aus" for the first dog to release but "out' for the second dog? I'm a new viewer so sorry if this had already been explained.

Basics, fundamentals... very nice. No fundamentals, no success.

I know you are not a ‘cookie/clicker trainer’ but I wonder if you ever use treats in your training?

It seems the lab at 06:20 doesn't enjoy getting the stick shoved in his mouth. I really appreciate your work and most of your videos, but there has to be a more positive way for dogs to learn "hold"?

Anything but goofy.