Again, I call upon the collective wisdom of the fine members of this board. I have a 7 month old GSD whom I am training using the Flinks method. I have two problems with him that are recurring: 1) When I use a ball on a string to build drive, and when my dog has properly bitten and gripped the ball- I release it to him to get him to "carry the prey item". Young Panzer (my dog) likes to flip the ball around and carry it by its string. He will hold it and grip the string vigorously while tugging it. How do I go about getting him to bite the ball only?
2) When tugging on the ball (or other prey item) my dog will grip the ball and fall straight down with it where he will hold it while laying on the ground- I literally have to pull the dog up by the prey item to get him to continue to tug at it. Is what he is doing something for me to train him to stop doing? Your help is appreciated.
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1. You can't teach grip exercises with a ball. Get a rag, burlap sack or tug toy.
2. If you don't want him to carry the ball by the string, get a ball without a string.
3. To keep him from lying down on the job, keep him on leash while working with him and when he wins the tug, take the leash and run him around a bit. Would also be helpful to have someone else work him, but do with waht you've got.
I hate to break it you you John, but you CAN teach grip excercizes with a ball. In fact it is the basis of Bernhards program.
Panzer, my young dumb male went through a phase where he would flip the ball and then try to KILL it(beating himself in the head) :rolleyes: . If you have taught him the out, I would Out him as soon as he starts that, and immediately put the dog back into drive. Making a shorter string may also be necessary. You could also switch to a small tug and see if the same thing happens. I am assuming this problem only arises in the carry. Another thing is as soon as the dog catches the ball RUN FASTER. If he doesn't have time to drop and regrip onthe string chances are good he is not going to let go of it, then quickly bring the dog into your arms for a split second and run again.
While you can teach a dog to grip with a ball and string, in alot of cases a small tug wroks better and is more purpose built for grip training; if the dog likes a tug.
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