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Embrace Your Dog’s “Inner Naughty” to Build Tug Drive
By Tracy Sklenar Much has already been written about tugging and agility dogs. There have already been many terrific articles on how to get dogs to tug, as well as why tugging is desired. I agree that using interactive tug toys is an important piece of training and teamwork. The benefits are numerous, from bringing the dog to an optimal state of arousal for learning and ignoring distractions, to ease of use as a reinforcement, to building the teamwork and speed, and beyond! I have no plans to re-hash the ideas that have been presented in the past by myself and others. There have been lots of great ideas in those articles, and I encourage you to follow the suggestions. However, many handlers still struggle to engage their dogs in a game of tug. For those handlers (and anyone who wants to bring even more fun to the game) I have a slightly different path—build
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tug drive by seeking out and embracing your dog’s “inner naughty!” The dog’s inner naughty will tell you what the dog finds inherently fun to play with, so we can use that to build tug drive. It doesn’t matter to me if they play with an expensive tug toy or an old pair of socks— I just want to see the dog happy to play with the handler.

Confession Time
Let’s face it: all of our dogs have a touch o’ naughty in them. By “naughty,” I mean they each have fun doing something self-reinforcing that we consider to be outside the bounds of polite pet behavior— and we might even find this behavior entertaining! In fact, many of us take a picture of the dog engaged in this naughty behavior and post it to Facebook, rather than stop the behavior or train the dog not to do it in the first place. These inner naughty behaviors generally involve stealing things (inner naughty items) or getting inordinately excited by things that are not intended to get them excited. A great way to build tugging is to turn their party-of-one fun into a game for two!
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Clean Run - May 2012
Contents
Editorializing: Our Best Agility Moment
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Embrace Your Dog’s “Inner Naughty” to Build Tug Drive
Building Blocks: Building Value for Jumps and Teaching Sends
From Hoof to Woof: What Riders Can Teach Handlers
Teaching the Weave Poles
Power Paws Drills: New Fun Drills with Letter H
Formula for Success
Analyze This! Judge Thomas Ammitzbøll
Review: Rubberizing Contacts
What’s in Your Toolbox?
Agility Mind Gym: Focus and Distractions
Tips for Purchasing a Supplement
Centered Dog Agility: A Closer Look at Reeducating Mind and Body
How to Become an Agility Judge
The Agility Road Less Traveled: Competing with Shy Dogs
Four Handling Tools for Obstacle Discrimination
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Contents
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Editorializing: Our Best Agility Moment
Clean Run - May 2012 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run - May 2012 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run - May 2012 - Backyard Dogs
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Embrace Your Dog’s “Inner Naughty” to Build Tug Drive
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Building Blocks: Building Value for Jumps and Teaching Sends
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Clean Run - May 2012 - From Hoof to Woof: What Riders Can Teach Handlers
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Teaching the Weave Poles
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Power Paws Drills: New Fun Drills with Letter H
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Formula for Success
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Analyze This! Judge Thomas Ammitzbøll
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Review: Rubberizing Contacts
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Clean Run - May 2012 - What’s in Your Toolbox?
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Agility Mind Gym: Focus and Distractions
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Tips for Purchasing a Supplement
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Clean Run - May 2012 - Centered Dog Agility: A Closer Look at Reeducating Mind and Body
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Clean Run - May 2012 - How to Become an Agility Judge
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