tug toys...

pawzaddict · 08-13-2010, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by fawkese1

i would say that it would be better to incorporate what works from each trainer and sort of mix up the methods...lol... if that makes sense... but yeah, try to have it suit each dog... in the video he has some good rules for using the tug, and i feel like if the dog can learn the rules, the arousal thing isn't an issue so much... i think when you see the video, you'll see more of what i am talking about...

Oh no that makes perfect sense, I should have put it that way LOL mix up the two methods for whatever works for the dogs. Do they show how to play tug with a kong?

Peyton wants to play tug with kongs all the time lol

**fawkese1** · 08-13-2010, 12:16 AM

lol in the video they do not, but i would assume it would need a handle of some sort so one of these might work...

**Criosphynx** · 08-13-2010, 11:33 AM

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i would say that it would be better to incorporate what works from each trainer and sort of mix up the methods...lol...

Yup. Steal what works and makes sense to you. How do you think I find so many good tidbits

Pawz, they talk about tugging with a ball on a rope, and I *think* other hard toys on ropes...its the same idea. I don't recall to much about it because it didn't really apply to me.

pawzaddict · 08-13-2010, 08:17 PM

awesome thanks you two

**fawkese1** · 09-06-2010, 01:50 AM

so, just an update on the tug thing... our game has improved quite a bit... one thing that has really helped is my learning how to present the toy properly... i realized after watching the video that i was putting my hands/arms/fingers in the way, and that is why clover was sometimes getting me/not really trying to take the toy very enthusiastically... now he hits it pretty hard, not as hard as the dogs in the video (thank goodness, he is probably twice as big as they are!) but still hard... as far as the other stuff, he has a good release, and we have been working on the "drop it" at a distance that GDM suggested, i would say that the last couple of days he finally started to get that he needs to spit it out on the floor... i'm still needing to get a good tug toy, and probably going to order one of the ones that crios posted, but for now we have a cheapy one i found that works quite well..

**Criosphynx** · 09-06-2010, 11:55 AM

yay!

I cant imagine playing tug with a dog clovers size...must be interesting

yeah, all the talks about how to present the tug were interesting...som'thing I know I didn't really think about.

**fawkese1** · 09-06-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Criosphynx

yay!

I cant imagine playing tug with a dog clovers size...must be interesting

yeah, all the talks about how to present the tug were interesting...som'thing I know I didn't really think about.

what is really cool, even with as strong as he is, it took a long time to get him to really pull on the thing, sometimes i think he is holding back to boost my confidence

seriously tho, he is really pulling now, man is it a work-out... 5 minutes of tug and i break a sweat for sure!

i actually practiced stepping back and moving it to the side in front of a mirror a bunch of times, like dance moves...

but like i said, now that i am not shoving the toy down his throat/putting my hands in his way, he is getting more and more into it... such a great work-out, and i LOVE throwing in a tug session between regular training... and the tug session itself if practice with quite a few cues...