I recently purchased the "building drive and focus" video and am working my 19 month old male. My dog has bit my hand twice. After the first time I choked down on the cord but he bit me again this morning. He does not like the orbee ball and wants to go after the cord even though he does seem to be adjusting to the orbee ball. He does not place a full hard grip on the ball most of the time even though on a piece of burlap or a rope you can pull him off of the ground and he will not let go. I do not like the idea of getting bit every couple of days while he does adjust. Just wondering if someone else has faced the same thing? Is getting bit just part of the training? Any help would be appreciated.
I am relatively new to this forum and still trying to figure it all out. I tried to find an answer to my question prior to making a new post with no luck.
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005
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Try using a tug or something easier for him to target. Don't correct him for it, that defeats the purpose. If you are just starting with this then he just needs to learn.
If he is becoming posessive and aggressive over protecting his posession then it's a whole 'nother ballgame, excuse the pun, but it sounds like he just doesn't get what to do just yet. Most dogs start out biting the string. You gotta be quick.
Chuck,
I have seen this kind of problem in a dog that we have in our club, the dog simply does not know how to target and the ball you are using might be too small for him.You can use a deflated soccer ball or a tug , use a bigger target for a while until your dog understands how to target better.You can also use a rag made out of hide , I have used that on very young dogs, but it sounds like your dog needs to go back to the begining of your bite foundation.You can back tie him too , that way you can also simply give him bites that are better controlled.Some dog target perfectly from the time they are 6 months of age and some take more target practice
when Brenna bit us a few times accidentily, we just did the exaggerated "OWWWW!" that Ed recommends when trying to teach not to bite hands or feet and she figured out quick she needed to be more careful about where and what she was biting...she also, and still does occasionaly, snap at the ball or tug as we're getting it on the "out"...I have to remind her that that's not kosher
Sandy Moore Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2006
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Chuck, my 8 month GSD pup doesn't seem to like the texture of the Orbee ball and 7 times out of 10 he'd rather target the string than the ball itself, unlike anything else I present him with. I think it's the texture of the ball, however I still use it for targeting off and on as I want him to get used to biting down on different textures. He does prefer the rag and the tug so I do the rag or tug for a while and then bring out the ball for one bite and he'll usually target the ball after having been worked on the rag or tug. When he does even once, I switch again to the rag or tug, so he doesn't go back to trying to get the string. Still he's not reliable targeting the orbee ball.
Once when sitting outside with him, I thought he was chewing on a bone when in fact he was chewing on the top protruding design pieces on the surface of the ball and ripped them off - you might want to watch out for that.
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I've had the same problem with the Orbee, Sandy. True loves the string and goes for that first. He also loves eating the string and destroyed a brand new Orbee in about an hour
I really like Ed's Holy Roller. It's big and squishy and he can grab that without biting our hands. It also is the one toy he hasn't been able to demolish.
yeah, Brenna loves her jolly ball with the hoop handle...she almost never bites the handle and she loves making the ball squish and hear the air rusing out of it...
of course, I don't love it at 5am!
however, she has only got us once or twice when she's playing with it...but the Kong bouncy ball or the tugs---she's nailed me several times with those. She goes for the tug as close to my hands as possible...she knows exactly what she's doing
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