There is a piece of training eqipment for young dogs called a pillow tug. It has three rope handles, one in back and one on each side, tape the side handles to the tug and only present while holding the back one or if you tie a line on the tug only use the back handle. Most all equipment vendors sell this.
My dog did this when she was a pup. I ignored it. Stopped the game, and only played when she was not on the handles. It did take awhile to solve, she was around 2 when it stopped. Some of it was just puppy excitement, biting whatever is handy and easy.
There is a piece of training eqipment for young dogs called a pillow tug. It has three rope handles, one in back and one on each side, tape the side handles to the tug and only present while holding the back one or if you tie a line on the tug only use the back handle. Most all equipment vendors sell this.
My ACDs all went through the "bite the handle" stage and we did exactly what Norman discussed above. Here is a picture of the pillow tug with the side handles tied back:
By the time they have progressed through these two items I have never really had an issue with going for handles or focusing on the edge of the sleeve. My bitch is currently on the "chomp" sleeve that has sweet spot in the center to help on the targeting:
and some of them do it on purpose because they like to hear you squeal and let go of the tug so they can be the "winner of the game"!
Some dogs are possessive. After I am sure they know how and where to target the tug they get one shot at getting my hand, after that I tell them no and walk off with the tug and they get to go to their crate. Not saying that accidents don't happen, sometimes when you're in the throws of a good time they just grab the wrong part. You can tell the difference. One of mine is a possessive little bitch and at 6 yrs old still has to be reminded that life does have a few rules. Shes a pill, but I love her!
Roni's explanation of teaching them how to target is very good in my opinion.
Ingrid, a question about your second picture. I thought bending over like that was a bad thing for the dog?
I don't know about Peter, but I just learned a great deal!
In a perfect world you want the dog to launch for the bite and not present it at face level (at least in my rudimentary understanding), however we were just beginning with Frost and when you have a 6 foot plus helper and a bitch that is barely 16 inches tall at the time, he bent down to make it easier on her and aid in targeting on the tug. We have slowly progressed to her launching higher and higher for the bite. Here are some more recent photos than the one of above:
Ingrid, a question about your second picture. I thought bending over like that was a bad thing for the dog?
I don't know about Peter, but I just learned a great deal!
In a perfect world you want the dog to launch for the bite and not present it at face level (at least in my rudimentary understanding), however we were just beginning with Frost and when you have a 6 foot plus helper and a bitch that is barely 16 inches tall at the time, he bent down to make it easier on her and aid in targeting on the tug. We have slowly progressed to her launching higher and higher for the bite. Here are some more recent photos than the one of above:
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I tried that this morning with Duke and it worked great!
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