At one point he found a pile of dog poo (ew!) and started eating it! I couldn't pull him away because he was on the long line so I had a few feet before I could really reel him in. Since I knew it was poo I sort of panicked and instead of "drop", what came out was "Ew, no! Ew, stop it!" He turned away from the pile but still had a piece in his mouth (ewwwww) but I said, "Murphyyyy...." sounding like a mom warning her child not to touch the expensive vase at the antique store. And he dropped it! I quickly moved away from the area and gave him a treat jackpot.
On our way home he found a chicken bone on the sidewalk and put his nose to it, started to open his mouth to pick it up. I couldn't think fast enough to say "leave it" and "Noooo...." came out. He left it! So I gave him a jackpot. Not two blocks later he found another chicken bone! People in my neighborhood are pigs!
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I really thought training these impulse control games and teaching leave and drop at home wouldn't translate to real life when he finds super good stuff like bones or poop (guh, ew), but it turns out that it does work! I never leave the house without my bag of treats so I always have a reward ready for such incidents. Whew. He's now spent the last several hours since we got home lying on the bed...the couch...the floor...and back on the bed. Happy and worn out.
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