Den torsdag 15 november 2012 kl. 03:47:27 UTC+1 skrev bassman2:

Hi all

We own a German Pointer, about 7-8 months old (not sure of age as it
came to us from a farmer who himself had no idea..) Anyway, a
wonderful dog, extremely bright, learns new tricks very rapidly EXCEPT
when it comes to retrieving. In the backyard, he'll retrieve a ball
and bring it back, with or without treats...but take him to the leash
free park and he changes completely. I throw him a stick and he takes
it as his own, not wanting to bring it back. I have tried treats,
ignoring him, using the short lead to show him how to bring the stick
back but nothing - he won't have a bar of it. Same thing happens if I
use a ball.

As this is one way that I can get him to do extra exercise, I am
really keen to see what else I can do to change this behavious so
hopefully someone out there can relate!

Thank you

I know this thread is old, but training your dog is the only long-term solution, OP.

I love my dog so much but it constantly did the things that irked me most. It would chew on things that it shouldn’t or jump up and down out of the blue.

Whenever I put on the leash, it would pull on it. Whenever it was out of the house, it would continue digging on the ground - I wish I could tell what it was looking for down there. The same goes for all the nasty urine.

All the things it did left me feeling depressed as if I failed it monumentally.

But since I discovered Brain Training for Dogs and applied the system offered, it now behaves the way a beautiful dog I always expect of 🐶

Here's a link to their site: http://hiddendogintelligence.club/

Good luck!

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