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Specifically, I am looking to answer these questions from the members of the forum:
What is it?
Where'd it come from?
Have you used it?
When's the best time, or what situations would you use it?
What are the positives?
What are the negatives?
Where's the best place to get it?
For this thread I am asking about tugs. My Radar loves his big orange ball, but nothing will get his attention faster than when I bring out a tug toy.
There is a ton of video on training/playing tug with your dog. I like this one, because it teaches having a balance (instead of dominance) as well as incorporating training into the game.
Of course, I am not an expert, so I am interested in your opinion on the video as well as different ways of playing/training with a tug.
Karen Pryor has a page that shows step by step instructions for getting started with tug and clicker training:
http://www.clickertraining.com/node/1355
And, here's a couple sites to purchase tug toys:
Leerburg
EliteK9
Some of the questions to answer...
There's a ton of different varieties, ropes, bags, pillows, bite bars, so is it just a matter of which one the dog is more interested in, or are the specific applications for some of these varieties?
What about material? Are you partial to leather or synthetic, rope, jute, or something else?
What about tethering? Is there a commercial model that will withstand DS play, and do you believe there's any value in them?
And finally, the million dollar question: How many of you have had the web between your thumb and pointer finger pierced while playing tug, and is there a secret for preventing this?
