| 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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When I bring out a toy and try to entice my dog she totally ignores me and the more I try to engage her the more she looks at me like I have lost my mind.
This is in the house in a room with no distractions or outside.
Should I use food as a reward for going to the toy ? Any other suggestions ?
She only weighs 16 pounds so I would like to eventually use a toy as a reward since she can’t have much food in a day without gaining weight . Even though I use all her food for training that doesn’t amount to much time in the training field.
Sherrie, before you turn tugging into a trick, try scattering several toys on the floor in the same room with no distractions and let the dog wander around and see which toy she starts to interact with, and then try to play with her while she interacts with that toy. You can pet her and talk to her and touch the toy without grabbing it and see how she responds. Let me know how that goes.