Teaching your dog ‘leave it’ is important when you’re walking with your dog because it’s very common for dogs to pick up the garbage on ground and eat it quickly before you have the chance to stop it. Make sure that your dog is on the lead so as to have good control. To train a puppy to leave a food on the ground, get someone to place the food for you and walk your dog close to the food. Don’t let him go straight up to the food. Keep switching the items so that the dog learns that it’s the command that you’re looking for, not a certain item. Use the command once. Don’t wait too long till you give your dog the reward. As the dog learns the command, you can increase that time. Eventually you can stop giving the reward and just praise him.
