The Power of Playing Tug with Your Dog DVD

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The Power of Playing Tug with Your Dog DVD

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Topics Covered in This DVD

  • A 46-minute opening lecture from Michael on his theory on playing tug with your dog.

  • The size and type of tugs to use, avoiding equipment bias

  • The proper way to get a dog engaged in tug play

  • How to teach a second handler to be a solid POST for your dog or puppy

  • Learning the correct way to create misses to build the intensity in your dog

  • Learning the mechanics of how to play tug once the dog has targeted the toy

  • There is an extensive section on teaching people how to present the tug while you play.

  • We show 10 different presentations:
  1. The frontal catch
  2. The catch to the right
  3. The catch to the left
  4. The stationary rear catch to the right
  5. The stationary rear catch to the left
  6. The rear spin catch to the right
  7. The rear spin catch to the left
  8. The presentation from the Place Postion (when do is between your legs)
  9. The presentation with the right hand from the heel position
  10. The presentation for the left hand from the heel position.

  • We have a section on adding distraction to the training.

  • There is a 1 hour and 28 minute segment on the correct way to introduce and teach the OUT to your dog. This is the most comprehensive explanation of training the OUT that I have ever seen. It could be a DVD in and of itself.

  • There are a number of different dogs used in the OUT segment each with their own issues. I including a dog that has (had) a serious out problem. Every trainer in every biting dog sport should view this work (including police K9 handlers).

  • We have a segment in the DVD on managing the drive of your dog. You will learn why Michael intentionally takes many dogs through the learning phase at lower levels of drive and then once the task is learned – raps up the level drive. Part of this segment explains and shows what to do with dogs that don’t have enough prey drive to use a toy reward in obedience.

  • We have a section in the DVD on avoiding getting dog bit when you play tug with your dog. Quite often people find that their dogs are constantly biting their hands when they play tug. We will teach you how to avoid this problem.

  • We have a segment in the DVD where Michael talks about playing tug with puppies, what you can and cannot do. He explains what not to do when puppies are teething.