I have a little, but I really do not think its good enough to make him drop it. I will concentrate on leave it for the next few days and see what happens. Thanks. :wink:
But that is why you take baby steps in training. I wouldn't expect him to drop a RMB right off the bat, you have to work up to that level. In the meantime, just don't try and take his food away while he is eating, because obviously you can't stop feeding him.
Start with something like a toy, get him to play with it. Have something slightly more "valuable" to him, and tell him to "drop it" (the toy) and immediately give him the more valuable item whether that be a treat or a better toy.
Then go for something like a bone or chew toy and do the same thing. Always have something he is going to want more than what he has currently. When you get to the point of his actual food item, offer a food item that you know that he likes the most and would gladly give up any other type of food for.
That is how you get him to know the "drop it" command, which I think is more appropriate in this case. Because with a "leave it" command you use that for items that he can't have or shouldn't have...like shoes or cats. I shouldn't have mentioned the leave it command now that I think about it more. You would want to use leave it for the times when he has something in his mouth that you don't actually want him to eat. Drop it means "give it to me" but he knows that he will eventually get it back.