| Introduction to the Course | - |
| Lesson 1 |
Course Information |
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| Lesson 2 |
Changing Your Password |
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| Lesson 3 |
Asking Questions/Getting Feedback |
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| Lesson 4 |
How to Use This Course |
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| Introduction to Tugging | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Why do I tug with my dog? |
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| Lesson 2 |
The Most Important Thing |
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| Lesson 3 |
Tugging Demonstration |
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| Lesson 4 |
Choosing a Tug Toy |
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| Lesson 5 |
What About Food Toys? |
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| Lesson 6 |
At What Age Should You Start Tug Training? |
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| Lesson 7 |
Teething and Tugging |
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| Lesson 8 |
Tugging and Other Dog Sports |
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| The Chase | + |
| Lesson 1 |
How to Entice Your Dog to Chase the Toy |
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| Lesson 2 |
Demonstration of Good Chasing |
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| Lesson 3 |
Restrained Recall to Toy on a Line (Beginner) |
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| Lesson 4 |
Restrained Recall to Toy in Hand (Advanced) |
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| The Bite | + |
| Lesson 1 |
How to Present Toys and Avoid Getting Bitten |
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| Lesson 2 |
How to Tug with Toys on a Line |
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| Lesson 3 |
How to Tug with Medium Length Fleece Toys |
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| Lesson 4 |
How to Tug with Dog on Leash |
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| Lesson 5 |
How to Present the Hol-ee Roller |
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| Lesson 6 |
How to Avoid Further Injury if Your Dog Accidentally Bites You |
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| The Fight | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Watch for the Weight Shift |
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| Lesson 2 |
Protect Your Back |
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| Lesson 3 |
Additional Resource: How to Lift Heavy Weight Safely |
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| Lesson 4 |
Protect Your Neck |
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| Lesson 5 |
Tugging With a Toy While on a Leash |
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| The Release | + |
| Lesson 1 |
When to Add the Release |
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| Lesson 2 |
How to Get the Toy Back Before You Add a Release Cue |
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| Lesson 3 |
Teaching the Release |
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| Lesson 4 |
Building Duration into the Release |
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| The Retrieve | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Demonstration of the Retrieve |
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| Lesson 2 |
Try This Quick Fix First |
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| Lesson 3 |
How to Mark When Teaching the Retrieve |
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| Lesson 4 |
Example of Traditional Retrieve Training |
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| Lesson 5 |
Case Study: Problem Golden Retriever |
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| Lesson 6 |
Case Study: Using Opposition Reflex |
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| Lesson 7 |
Case Study: Success with the Dog |
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| Lesson 8 |
Case Study: Transitioning to Thrown Toy |
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| Lesson 9 |
Case Study: Adding an Obstacle to the Retrieve |
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| Lesson 10 |
Retrieve to Hand or Drop at Feet |
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| Lesson 11 |
Transitioning to a "Dead" Toy |
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| Lesson 12 |
Ellie's First Retrieve |
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| Lesson 13 |
Retrieving with the Holee Roller |
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| Tugging and Retrieve Games | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Games Introduction |
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| Lesson 2 |
Enticement |
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| Lesson 3 |
Front Wheel Drive |
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| Lesson 4 |
Muzzle Grab (Improving Grip) |
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| Lesson 5 |
Mommy (or Daddy) Jungle Gym |
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| Lesson 6 |
You're So Strong |
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| Lesson 7 |
Push-Pull |
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| Lesson 8 |
Multi Toy Game |
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| Using Food to Teach Tugging | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Dinner Bowl Protocol for Food-Only Dogs |
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| Lesson 2 |
Tugging as a Trick |
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| Lesson 3 |
Tugging as Part of a Behavior Chain |
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| Special Topics | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Tugging with sensitive dogs |
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| Lesson 2 |
Transitioning from Fun Toys to Functional Toys (or Leash Tugging) |
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| Lesson 3 |
Leash Tugging Demo with a Small Dog |
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| Lesson 4 |
Establishing a default behavior (eye contact) |
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| Lesson 5 |
Tugging for Competition |
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| Lesson 6 |
Tugging for Training |
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| Lesson 7 |
Should I Hide the Toy? |
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| Lesson 8 |
How to Transport Your Dog Between Sequences |
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| Lesson 9 |
Adding distractions |
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| Lesson 10 |
If Your Dog Tugs at Home But Not at Trials |
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| Lesson 11 |
Tugging on Both Sides of the Ring Gate |
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| Lesson 12 |
How to Tug in Small Spaces at Trials |
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| Lesson 13 |
Use Your Voice: Praise vs Mark on Long Line |
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| Lesson 14 |
Distractions and Toy Selection in New Locations |
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| Lesson 15 |
Helping Your Novice Dog with Your Veteran Dog |
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| Q & A Sessions | + |
| Lesson 1 |
May 2020 Q & A |
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| Lesson 2 |
July 2020 Q&A |
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| Lesson 3 |
October 2020 Q&A |
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| Lesson 4 |
February 2021 Q&A |
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| Lesson 5 |
April 2021 Q&A |
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| Resources and Feedback | + |
| Lesson 1 |
Make a Suggestion |
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| Lesson 2 |
Testimonial |
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Up front I have to ask about damage to a dog’s neck. The dog I signed up for this course for always has a sore neck when he goes to his bi weekly PT sessions. The only reason I can think of is because I tug with him. I hope to be able to change over from me tugging on him to him tugging on me with this course. I also hope to be able to switch between tugging and treats.
Throughout the videos we highlight proper tugging position to ensure safety for you and the dog.
I don’t see or recall a particular video that is just about proper alignment, so I think it will be mentioned in several of the demo videos.
In particular, this is a good one for proper spine alignment:
https://baddogagilityacademy.com/course/complete-guide-to-tugging/module-8/front-wheel-drive/
Basically, you want to keep your dog’s spine straight, avoid whipping, let your dog do the big tugging while you provide resistance and, if needed, small little jerks on the toy.
And since you have a working spot, you can send us video of your tugging and we can pay special attention to safety for the dog.
Next attempt, grabbing the toy !
https://youtu.be/OKnhMSPTc0w
Excellent work! It’s okay to praise her more when you are using two hands–also try to tug lower so she can keep all four feet on the ground easily and pull back against you better. I made a demonstration video for you and added it to the course: https://baddogagilityacademy.com/course/complete-guide-to-tugging/module-10/use-your-voice-praise-vs-mark-on-long-line/
Second video at a children’s playground (there were no distractions). Went well also, with more releases and “get it”. At the end she walks away and goes sniffing (maybe too long session). https://youtu.be/7ADzG5Tj68M
Great job! You’re doing well. For your next few session, you can focus on letting her pull you (let her win), and moving your hands closer to the toy after she grabs it, and then letting go by lengthening the line.
https://baddogagilityacademy.com/course/complete-guide-to-tugging/module-4/how-to-tug-with-toys-on-a-line/
First video at home. Yesterday I started already with throwing it away. I will now start now with only the tugging, which goes good. Here she never releases. https://youtu.be/pTimd6e0wfc
Excellent work! Same advice for the second video, I put the feedback there.
I’m a little behind schedule due to lack of time (I have 5 dogs), but I’m ready now. I subscribed to this course for my youngest papillon (Ivy), 20 months old. At home she is a very enthusiastic dog, but in strange environments scared of people and other dogs and very distracted. She was already 3 months when she came with us (from abroad, we had to wait for rabies vaccine) and probably had pure socialization. I’m working on that and it improves step by step. My goal for this course:
– have more focus on me and less distracted
– use ball or toys in agility (when I throw a ball or toy after an obstacle she’s not interested and comes to me for food). I’m running agility with very valuable food (a tube with paté) to get her more enthusiastic
– at training, with lots of people and other dogs she’s not playing or tugging at all
– when we are playing in the garden she goes after the ball, but drops it on her way back to get the food (I learned, that this is less important to start with).
I went through lessons 1-6 and started tugging today in our garden. She loves it, but disengages after a while. Than I run away and she’s in for the game again. When I say “yes” or react enthusiastic I can see she’s expecting food because I use that a lot (on walks, training, shaping tricks, etc…).
I’m a little bit overwhelmed after all the information, how do I proceed from here ?
For now, don’t use “yes” unless you are going to make tugging a “behavior” that you reward with food. If you want tugging to be a “reward” like food, then you have to avoid using the “yes” until the tugging itself has more value to the dog.
The easiest thing to do is take a video of a tugging session at home and then maybe in a place that is not home, and send us the video, or put it on youtube and send us the link. You can email if you prefer team@baddogagility.com
OK tomorrow ! Thks for the quick reply !