My dog will chew his leash in half during a correction, what should I do?

Good Morning!

We have been watching your DVDs, the Basic Obedience and the E-collar Training. I am half way through the e-collar DVD. We have a Pit Bull Terrier that is a dominant fixed, 2 year old male. A rescue dog. He is dog aggressive, but not people aggressive.

He will cut a leash in half in a few seconds. We gimmy rigged a thick rubber insulation hose that fit on the leash area at the connection because he would get that leash in his mouth so quickly when he wanted to be dominant on a walk and we were afraid we would lose him and he was breaking his teeth when the metal collar to leash connector got in his mouth. The rubber tubing over the connection protected him, but is not the answer.

Now that we are willing to go your suggested route, we keep hearing on the DVDs that the exercise like the one you showed with the dog tied inside the radius with a long line and learning the leave it command should not be done with a dog that chews leashes.

Also, we are concerned that if we do a correction on leash, that he will just decide to turn and bite the leash in half because that is his MO. Have you had cases that you had a leash biter and how did you do a work around? He wants to snap when he doesn't get what he wants if he becomes aggressive and I don't want to get bit. The aggression is at the leash it seems, not to my husband.

Also, when we would get to the point of using the long line like we see in the video. How do you know that if you tug it as a correction, that he won't bite it just because he isn't happy with the action that you are requesting?

Thank you in advance,
Rhonda