Drop it! Release! Blow gently on your dog's nose.

[Melissa & Porter]

Found a trick that I thought I would share. I'll preface this with, yes, I should have a better trained dog. That aside, I have just discovered that when I blow (gently) into Porter's nose, he drops whatever he has in his mouth immediately. Awesome.

Just thought I would share this for anyone whose dog is not perfect on the drop it and release commands.

[Patty]

Love it. My other trick is putting my hand entirely in the dog's mouth. And while some may think that silly, I count on the gentle-mouthed nature of the retriever genes to be on my side! But I at least have the good sense not to put my head in a lion's mouth :)

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Don't feel bad--I should have a better trained dog also. We have been working very hard since my foster was placed. When she came I realized Spud really lacked in his training. So everyday now is a training day.

This blowing thing--I have a question! Spud sees this as aggression--or so I think he takes it aggressively. He can stick his nose outside a car window and be just fine, but if I blow on him he gets wild, barks, and gets right back in my face.

Glad it works for you. I suppose whatever works is great.

[Kyoko]

Cool ! Charlie tries to catch the air when I blow the air in her face! Funny... I guess then, she will open her mouth and drop things, right? Nice discovery!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Yup, that works with Luca too. But for things like his ball I just prefer to usually tell him , Okay, then I can't throw it." He gets the idea.

[Chris & Boys]

I have worked on "drop it" with Fozzy for over six months.......he knows the command but will not do it if there is not a treat within sniffing distance. He will not be fooled by just holding one in your "other" hand either. Two times without treating.....no cooperation. Maybe this will work!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I blow in Jack's nose to get him to swallow his pills!

[Chelsea and her doodle Piper]

Love the pill idea! Will try that for sure!
We did this with piper, and after about 2 or three days, he caught on and the blowing didn't phase him a bit after that. Although, not much phases this little guy, so it was more surprising that he even reacted to blowing at all! :o)

[Melissa & Porter]

It is interesting. We all have had some different experiences with blowing on our dogs' noses...from aggression to apathy. I hope this continues to work...and I will keep it in mind for the pills.