John Vanek Webboard User Reg: 03-26-2008
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Hi everyone,
I apologise if this was covered in the tug video, if it was, I'll go back and try to find it!
For those that follow the ME tug system, how do you balance maintaining a good solid "out," in which the main reward for outing is another bite, versus ending the session on a high note,and keeping the toy so that it retains high value as an object that is only played with WITH the owner?
For example, when I want to end the session, do I "OUT" and take the toy away, or do you wait for a time when you "win" the toy from the dog, so as not to confuse the "OUT" with an ending session?
I usually do the latter, but I'll also "OUT" to end the session, and I'm not sure if that is diminishing his trust in that if he OUTS he gets it back. If it matters, he is NOT possessive at all (to me, to others he guards ever so slightly), and I can take raw steak from his mouth without protest.
I do an "out" and then either go into another behavior or a "OK" which means training is done. More often then not I would go into a behavior the dog enjoys a lot THEN end the training session on a high note.
That one out with me keeping it is very low/random in numbers to the times the dog gets a rebite. That keeps it from becoming a "loss" for the dog.
No different, to me, then teaching a send out (schutzhund) or a drop on recall (AKC CDX)and only doing the drop every 8-10 send outs or recalls. Keeping the tug on the final out is very random in the scheme of things.
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Maintaining a good "out" and ending the session
#385692 - 11/03/2013 08:41 PM 
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