Ah-ha! I do believe that I've found a solution that gives him the choice of chewing or fighting/playing.
I've been trying to grab the tug as soon as it hit the ground but, that causes him to get a death grip on the handle/end. What I just successfully tried was grabbing the ends of the tug inside his bite and just holding it, being completely passive. He quickly let go of the handle and went for the tug itself. I told him "yeah, good boy", gave him his marker when he gave it a good pull, and then released it. It was near the end of the session so we only got a few repetitions in but, he seemed to be picking up that I'd only fight back if he was on the tug itself. I also started being more animated with my body motions to make playing/fighting with me more fun than chewing on the tug.
Hopefully this progresses well over the next week or so.
My Building Drive, Focus, and Grip video finally got here on Saturday. I've done four drive sessions with Duke so far and he's doing great. Tonight I was only able to yank the tug out of his mouth once after "into arms", which I did several times, and he held the tug until I outted him at the end of the ~2-3 minute session. His grip and fight (tug) for the prey were really good, too. He still tried to stop and chew on a few of his victory laps but, I kept him moving so he couldn't drop it. I don't know who was happier at the end of the session, him or me.
edit:
Oh yeah. I'm using the 1.5"x8" tug for this. He really likes the bigger tug but wasn't overly thrilled with having it dropped from my shoulder height.
thats great news. just like kids, every dog is different and if that worked for you then awsome. cant wait to hear about all the great things your dog is doing in the future
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