My boy Mickey is both a fetching (retrieving) Berner and a fetching (fabulously handsome) Berner <G>
I don't even remember teaching him to fetch - we just started doing it one day. I'd throw and he'd bring it back. Then I really shaped it with treats and using 2 toys (throw one - he fetches - throw the second - he drops the first and goes after the second - repeat - repeat - repeat...). Now I've added the commands Take It and Out. During training sessions we take breaks to play with his tug toy. When he's really into it, sometimes I tell him Out and he removes his mouth from the toy. Then I tell him Take It and he takes it again and when I say Tug-tug-tug we play. I've heard that Berners aren't much for fetch, but our boy loves it! Catherine Young Madison WI Shadow, Mickey & Jenny
