1. My dog is not gripping the ball but when he gets a hold of the string, he has a pretty solid grip. Can I tug him while he has the string or is this a bad idea?
2. I'm thinking about using puppy tug along with the ball/string but my dog really gets fired up for the ball. Can prey items be used interchangably or do I need to stick to a specific item?
If the string is too long, I would shorten it up a little so it's not a target to be biten. And I would only use the toy which he gets fired up the most for to do drive building(in this case the ball). The tug, I would use later when preparing him for sleeve bites. The ball, in my opinion, is just much more versatile for drive building in obedience, easier to hide as well.
In my experience, gripping the string instead of the ball is quite common in puppies and can be rather annoying. I couldn’t tell you exactly why they do that, but I suspect from observation that their eye-mouth coordination at this age is a little out of whack. I can tell you how *I* fixed this problem just recently with my two puppies. I taught them how to catch balls by throwing stringless tennis balls at them. I used tennis balls because they are soft and easy to grab. Chances are the first few times they will just bounce off their noses, and the puppies will look quite perplexed. The first time the puppy caught the ball I made it sound like she just graduated from MIT with magna cum laude. She was very pleased with herself and within next ten minutes was hardly missing a ball. Once they mastered catching tennis balls in the air, the transition to hard rubber balls on a string was a breeze.
Hope this advice is in line with the thread. If not--just shoot me :rolleyes: .
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