Teaching your dog to retrieve is extremely useful because it allows you to get toys back easily and to stay in control of games. Playing "fetch" games is an easy way to exercise your puppy, and retrieving can form the basis of many other games that you can play with him. Teaching a puppy to retrieve is easy if you start early enough, before he has learned to avoid people once he has the toy. Begin by teasing the puppy with the toy and rolling it along the ground. As your pupp