May 19, 2011
What would you recommend for a 10 mo. old male border collie that is an aggressive tugger?
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What would you recommend for a 10 mo. old male border collie that is an aggressive tugger? I have 2 tugs right now ---one is the sythetic (indoor firehose) material that he loves. It is 1 inch x 12 inches with a handle. Works well for him and me. I also have a regular (outdoor firehouse-yellow) material that doesn't work as well. He will tug with it, but it seems too wide and he slips off of it. It is a little big for my hand also. It does have a handle, but sometimes I just hold the stick portion. It is 2 inches wide and 12 inches long. Length is right. I do agility and need to have a toy I can stick in a back or side pocket while I'm running and training to reward with. I'm looking for an additional toy that is different to motivate with if he gets tired of the synthetic one---just to change things up. thanks for your help. Terri
Cindy's Answer:
I use several different tugs for my agility dog as well as a couple of different balls on a rope.
Mini Tug - I like the leather one.
My dogs go crazy for this fleece tug.
Braided tug is another favorite of my dogs.
The Orbee ball with the rope works well for tugging. Here’s a video from a couple of years ago with one of my dogs tugging with this ball at an agility lesson. I still use that same ball. It holds up really well (I only let my dogs have their toys during training, they don’t have free access to them).
Roni Ball - this ball is a little bit harder rubber
Wing-a-Ball - my 12 month old Malinois new favorite ball, it’s really easy to tug with
Cindy
Mini Tug - I like the leather one.
My dogs go crazy for this fleece tug.
Braided tug is another favorite of my dogs.
The Orbee ball with the rope works well for tugging. Here’s a video from a couple of years ago with one of my dogs tugging with this ball at an agility lesson. I still use that same ball. It holds up really well (I only let my dogs have their toys during training, they don’t have free access to them).
Roni Ball - this ball is a little bit harder rubber
Wing-a-Ball - my 12 month old Malinois new favorite ball, it’s really easy to tug with
Cindy
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