How do I teach my golden retriever to retrieve?

We have a five year old rescued golden retriever who is a wonderful dog, but he does not know how to retrieve a tennis ball. How do we teach him?

How do I teach my golden retriever to retrieve?
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Make sure he knows the "Come" command.





Start with treats. Say "Get it!" Toss them and get him to catch them.





Go to a favorite toy. Toss it. Say get it. When he does, give the "Come" command. Give him lots of love and scratches. say "drop it" and a treat. He'll drop it for a treat.





Praise, pats and scratches! Toss the toy again. Repeat.





Don't try to take the toy right away. Don't teach him tug of war. Praise, praise, praise, scratch and treat! When he drops it for the treat, give him the treat, toss the toy, repeat!
Reply:Throw it and say FETCH
Reply:some dogs arent really instinctive to that. so go get a book to teach ur dog how to get something, then bring it back to u. its going to be kinda like a trick.
Reply:well by that age he is passed the training age for ball playing,,u can try to slowly showing him the ball and getting him excited to play...otherwise he won't play


just try it and see what he does...
Reply:Well first does he even like the ball? Can he play catch at all?


I'd start out real small at first.. Just rolls the ball to him an d when he get it make a really big fuss and give him a treat. He doesn't have to bring it to you at first but if he just puts it in his mouth than just go nuts, oh quietly so you don't want to scare him.


You can just roll it to him in the house too in a hall way. Takes time and patients to get them to retrieve. Think small steps first to the bigest one ok.
Reply:ITS INSTINCT'S ( THROW THE BALL ) LOL








GOOD LUCK
Reply:A retriever that doesn't retrieve but anyway hold the ball behind you back and run as fast as you can and that will hopefully trigger what is know as prey drive(the instinct to run after something)
Reply:Repetition,repetition,repetition !!!!
Reply:Hi first got him to sit, in the garden is a good place, with no other distraction, let him see the ball tell him over again to sit wait, then throw the ball and tell him to fetch, give him lots of prays and when he has got this off pat,have someone with you tell him to sit let the other person hold the ball to the dogs nose and let him smell ball the other person go's and hides the ball now tell him to find the ball, it may take awhile for him to find it but make it fun, i find its easy with some treats to find than a ball, remember to give him plenty of prays i hope that helps kim