Yes confiscting the ball might give him the idea that it gets taken off him if he drops it.

Also (personaly) I would NOT be allowing my dogs to play in the car AT ALL, the car is somewhere they Need to be calm at all times to avoid distracting while driving. So one thing I would definitely do is not alow him to have the ball in the car, then it won't get taken off him.


I taught my dog ''take it'' and ''give'' quite easily.

Take it I just siad the words as I let her close her mouth over the ball. 'Give', I would take the ball back off her.
I then built that up to 'drop' (anywhere) and 'give' (in my hand only) so she could be all the way accross the field but to fetch the ball she had to come back to my hand.

I then practices all over the place, in friends houses, in the garden, in a field, on the lead, off the lead etc so she learned to 'give' anyhwere.

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