I have a 1 year old Rottweiler that I am just starting to get into the protection aspect with. I have been playing tug with him a lot and he is a nut for the rag, after I shake it around a little bit. By the way I always let him have the rag after the tug-o-war. My question is when I throw his kong for him, he will sprint for it, get there, pick it up and drop it. Is this lack of focus? What drive are we dealing with when he plays tug? I am assuming we are dealing with prey drive when he chases the Kong, does him not bringing it back mean that he lacks prey drive? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Get Ed’s tape with Flinks. Drive is built through frustration. The trick is to make the dog miss the kong at the last possible moment. After many misses his drive for the kong will increase. And he should hold on to it longer if he has the drive for this training. Also you can try a ball rather than a kong.
Rott,
That's pretty funny. I'm pretty sure Vince is talking about tying the dog out and teasing him with the ball on a string. I guess he doesn't even need to be tied, but that takes more skill to keep it away from him.
Jason, I'm glad you find my ignorance amusing, lol. Thank you for the response, I will try that, do you recommend a harness or can the dog be on a flat collar? What about where you tie it up to, a post or does it have to be something that gives, like a chain link fence?
Took it the wrong way. I'm not even sure that's what Vince is talking about. I just pictured myself trying to beat my dog in a race to a ball. I use a tree but I got plenty of em. The collar you will want to use will depend on the dogs drive. If he's crazy for it you might even use a harness. Tie a ball to a 4ft string attached to a 3ft stick so you can really put some action into it, let him almost get it then snatch it away. Or use a longer line and swing it around in big circles. You want the dog pulling at the line while you swing the ball around just in front of him down low but out of reach, that too might get him going. Tease him with it like you would a kitty cat. Try to get him more interested in it by keeping it away from him. I think that's the main idea. After you get him so he dosn't want to let go of it when he finally gets to have it, then you can work on getting him to bring it back to you.
If you can not laugh at yourself then you are missing out in life. That was funny. No to both of you. Your dog is kept on a leash that he drags unless you have super drive and control on the dog. You hold a ball on a string a few inches long. You show the dog the ball and just before he closes his mouth on the ball you jerk it away. As you repeat this his drive will grow. Ed has a 2 hour tape on this.
Vince I agree. It will go into way more detail on how to do this CORRECTLY. It's very VERY hard to get this one right without accually seeing how it's done!
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