So. My dog won't catch food out of the air. He did a couple

>>2334158
Dumb nigger dog

>>2334158
I just dropped food on my dog's head and wouldn't let him pick it up off the ground until he started to catch it. He became really good at it, he wouldn't even open his mouth when I first started

maybe you could try throwing it from the side. so when he doesn't catch it, it doesn't hit him in the face.

>>2334158
Sometimes I throw food to my dog, and she looks at it arcing through the air until it lands on her nose. Then she remember she's supposed to catch it and tries to get it when it bounces.
Sometimes, I throw her food and she just starts opening and closing her mouth several times without moving her head, as if that'd help.

>>2334158
I've read that using popcorn is really effective at teaching this because it has so much more hang time than most other foods.

Do you seriously have to teach a dog to do this?

I thought it was one of those instinctive things like giving their paw

>>2334401
Yeah. They have to learn it.

If someone kept throwing food in your face too every time they said a word, you'd try and run away whenever they said it. It's not pleasant to have things thrown at you or hit you in the face even if it is something small or light or ordinarily enjoyable and plenty of animals will flinch or try to get away if something does. You should have started by throwing it above him so it would land behind him, but by now he'll probably balk even at that.

I recommend throwing it off to the side past him, letting him chase it/try to catch it. Slowly aim the food closer to him but still off to the side so that he can catch it more easily and is still certain he won't be hit. Eventually work on throwing it over his head.

Drop using the word catch too for a while. Teach him the trick, and once he knows how to do it and is comfortable with food being thrown/consistent in catching it start saying the word catch right after he does. Start to introduce the word catch earlier and earlier until you're saying it when you ordinarily would. Hopefully by then he won't remember what catch used to mean. If he does, go to the last step that worked and start over from there.

>>2334401
Dogs have to learn everything, m8.
Most dogs who do things "instinctively" actually learned without their owners really paying attention.

>>2334426
No offense. But you type like you're in the spectrum.

Aspergers?