How to: Teach Your Doodle to Fetch a Beer!

[Thuy & Hops]

Step 1: Teach your doodle how to "open" the fridge. I did this by rewarding him every time he touched the towel (or rope), then every time he held onto the towel with his mouth, and finally only rewarding him when he pulled on the towel. This is easy if your dog likes to play tug with you.

 

Step 2: Get a toy bottle similar to the one pictured below:

Let your doodle play with it for only a short period, making sure he/she's still interested in the toy when you take it away. Teach him/her to fetch the toy. You can say "get beer" here. Put the toy in the fridge where he/she can get it, and allow him/her to see where you put it.

 

Step 3:  Get your doodle to fetch the toy while you're standing closeby like in this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRA8sVR8pxY

 

Step 4:  Get your doodle to fetch the toy while you're far away.

 

Step 5:  Replace the toy with your favorite beer. Hopefully your doodle isn't as lazy as mine is!

 

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^^How can I get that video to be embedded??

 

 

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

This was so funny.  I couldn't help though but think Hops has to be thinking "She is telling ME to go get HER a beer and she is calling me Lazy!  Huh, go get your own beer!"    Really great job. 

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

You are amazing and this put a smile on my face :) Loved the blooper...Hops was thinking, ""I'd rather sleep." LOL