We got training for my dog back when we got her two years ago and she's pretty decent with all of the basic commands, including "leave it." But, following "leave it" as a permenant command to "never touch that thing again" is a different story. I'm just not sure how to work up to that though? Especially since she automatically assumes that anything on the ground is fair game to interact with and start to chew on if she finds interest in it (To be clear, she never resource guards, so I highly doubt that'll be an issue).
So far, this hasn't been much of an issue since we don't leave stuff on the ground. However, we're about to have a kid in the summer. I both want to enforce a pretty strict bubble around the baby when they arrive + account for the fact that as the kid grows, they might be more prone to leaving stuff around the house. But I'm unsure of how to enforce "leave it" in my dog's mind for longer periods of time, especially with heavily desirable items (i.e. a stuffed animal). Any tips?
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