How to End a Tug Game with Your Dog - Dog Training Video 

Thank you for this. Other videos that I have seen show you how to play, but not how to end the game.

My Malinois favorite game is tug. She loves it.

I’ve got a Pitbull that loves to tug. This video is going to so helpful thank you.

Every video I learn something new 👍🏻👍🏻🇳🇴

Robert, thank you for your video lessons! I am using your techniques on my dutch sheperd and it works great. A very high drive dog that adds a lot of energy to our house. We train him in a club in France where dog training unfortunately is less focused on canalizing the drive, but suppressing it. Being German EXPATs in France and being a dog owner for more than 20 years now, the French approach (and yes, we've tried several clubs) is not our cup of tea, so we searched an alternative method. A dutch sheperd is a challenge and definitely no dog for beginners. We had to adapt our approach to the needs of our dog- keeping the structure of our "pack" at the same time. Your video lessons were a very effective help here. Since we use your system (which is easy to train for high drive dogs and easy to memorize to most dog owners- I like the "binary dog" system), the dog develops great! Thumbs up and thank you!

Another great video Robert thank you

Excellent, as always! Thank you.

Great explanation, thanks Robert!

Nice job Robert I have been watching all your video and you are a top notch trainer. Thanks

Sir Robert, nice to back to old video, it's always actually. We have to repeat lesson and repeat class. Chapeau bas.

Wonderful - thank you. This rounded out what I had intuitively come to understand, while playing tug with my GSD.

That was fantastic. Great video, and really educational (for me at least). The 'two toy trick' was brilliant. I'll definitely be using that tactic for obedience training going forward

Great video as always. I wish I’d have known this when I started training Niko. He has been my “training dummy” and I have learned so much through and from him. It’s amazing how their love and loyalty never wavers and the desire to learn and please is infinite as well.

Another Great Video Robert. Thanks. Looking forward to using these techniques with my Golden. It makes sense based on her behavior. I have so much to learn. Semper Fi Brother.

Very good teachings on letting go of the toy going to try this with the ball have trouble with the one

You’re videos are amazing!

Best way to do this ,thank you :)

Love your video. You are so kind to share your experience with dog training. I've been lucky never really trained dogs they just did what I wanted, mainly. I even had tricks they would like running down a paddock trying to catch an aeroplane. Funniest thing I ever saw. Have no idea how I taught that just said King get the plane and off he went jumping up all down the paddock. All planes flew away safely. Now at least for my next dog have some guidelines not just chance

I had the Same question for 10 weeks old malinois puppy.

Another awesome video. You give such great advise on to teach dogs. Its amazing how similar our teaching styles are.

In the Army we called these center line drills w/ our Dogs

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I got a " 5 year old GSD rescue 5 months ago, who is neither of those things! She acts and looks more like these Malinois. I am totally out of my depth with her but we are getting up to speed now that I have found you :)

Much success with my 9 month GSD pup because of you. I have purchased 2 tugs, 2 chuck it balls, 2 balls on strings and have used your method to teach; sit, platz, stand, aus, random combination, and even platz on the recall. He's very ball driven. When training is done I say "done" and he knows to return to our spot so I can switch leashes. Thank-you immensely for all your videos.

Great Video! I also liked the video of yours that uses the three different methods of teaching out. #1 Trade #2. Tug dies and #3 collar pressure with a buckle or martingale collar. Probably the biggest mistake in playing tug/teaching out is trying to hide the tug by moving it fast away from the dog.

Awesome !

You are so amazing thank you

AMAZING

Потрясающе! Я нахожу такие игры опасными в плане того, что в собаке пробуждается неподчинение и дикие инстинкты, когда люди не умеют играть и выходить из игры. Но вы настоящий профессионал)

I'm dog-sitting for the weekend with a Doberman that is essentially only house-trained (he's 3 yrs old) and kind of knows "sit". I'm hoping I'll have him at least consistently dropping a toy by Sunday night. That and some leash manners. Very excited to use your techniques!

You are my Yoda

This will help. I just bought a new dutch, she was transported for a week and yesterday was our first day together. I brought out the toy she wouldn’t release I waited and nothing, did stiff toy between legs and she bite me. Luckily it was in my yard so I didn’t freak out just calmly put her in the crate but I got the tug. I don’t blame her 1 week of transportation and a new home I tested the boundaries and now understand she had some frustration and that was it. 5 mins later she’s out of the crate living on me

Your the fucking man

Thank you Robert! In another video I believe you mentioned that leave it must be trained where you never give that item back to them as the reward. This prevents anticipation of eventually getting that item, a big problem if it's dangerous right?

Thank you!

How do you scold your dog

How in the world did Goofy come to be called Goofy? There has to be a story there.😁

In the beginning I would coax my dog with treats. If he brought me the tug and dropped it in my hand, I would exchange a treat. This worked great. Treats are no longer necessary now. Now what I’m working on is him differentiating other objects and bringing them to me. I started with sticks. I rub the sticks with a little meat and then put them on the rail of the deck. The meat scent made it easier for him to get excited about it. Now if I place three or four sticks on the rail he will bring them to me as I ask one by one. Next I’m going to try to different objects and ask him to differentiate between them and bring them to me as I ask for them.

Thank you very much for the huge amount of solid information on your channel. I have a question about the "leave it" command. In an other video you said that once you say leave it, it stays leave it (was with food) to avoid conflicts by the dog. But with the toy you do give it eventually. Is that okay? Or am I missing something.

Thanks Robert, your training techniques make so much sense and clear. Question: my 10 week old GSD is obsessed with picking up rocks. How do I get her to stop? I have to watch her every move whenever we're outside.

When you say "solid", how is that quantified?

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robert can you link me where you bought this exact tug from?

Thank you! I am a Puppy Raiser for an organization for guide dogs. I love receiving extra tips! Sub'd and hit that bell!

how do you get him to bring it back to you to continue the game my dog either drops it then i start the game again or he just doesnt give it back

Robert, what kind of tug toy do you use? Where do you get it?

What is the consequence if he gets takes the toy when he wants and not when you give the command?

So my GSD outs the toy on her own when using 2 of the same toy. Sometimes she grabs them both at the same time though if I don't pick the other one up immediately. Should I say out immediately on a return of a toy if she is dropping it anyhow? I think I wasn't using the verbal out. Or well drop it in my case. What would be a physical correction if she tries to grab the toys when ending the game? Her obedience is pretty good. Usually I just let her carry them to the vehicle and she drops them on the seat and I put them away then, and buckle her up it's not a problem exactly. I have been working on putting her in a down or a sit to try to get her to stop crying and pulling to the field. It seems to help a little. Shes a handful though! Thanks for the video!

Uhmm can you help me with my belgian malinois.. he is so verry agressive to the cars and other moving objects i can only train him when we're inside the house., i know it's not right to use prong collar in walking but it is the only way to lessen his strength of pulling but still he is pulling.. i dont want to suffer please help me guys :(

Do you have a favorite brand tug and treat pouch?

My dog will only play tug and fetch with my husband and will only train with me. Do you what could be causing this?

Da dog a training gan now

How to fix resource (toys and food) guarding?

My GSD perfers the tennis ball and she want to keep chewing a long time before she spits it out. Would you advise to take that away and use tug toy only for her to let go of the tug toy and then the command "out" on all toys later? I love Goofy..he is one attentive partner and doesn't get goofed up very often from what I see. Thanks Robert!

At what age does the dog start to understand this. I have a 14 week mal. Hand feeding, trying to lure and shape. I play tug I present a treat once I ask for out. She seems to comply but seems distracted. I realize that she is a puppy, but when will I know she's really listening and complying.

If aaaanyone can help me out please! I have a 1 year old working line gsd. I can play tug with him exactly as in the video, he ignores the toy when i say no, I can put it in his mouth and he doesnt bite it. BUT, when it comes to throwing the same toy or any toy, he will give it back normally most of the times, UNTIL out of the blue he decides he wont anymore. He comes to me, I can grab it, but he will NEVER release it. When i say never, its never, he doesnt care about treats he doesn't care about anything in the world. This happens at different times, might be at the start of the game might be later on. Even Worse is any kind of ball which he will never release anyway. He seems so obsessed with balls that i just stopped having balls as toys completely 4 months ago. Any tips? I would appreciate it so much as I have tried so many things and nothing seems to change this obsession of his. Thank you!

Where do I find that particular tug? What's it called?

My austrailian cattle dog will fetch for me and not my husband. My husband is getting frustrated and I don't have an answer. We both train her. He is now going to classes with her. She still isn't fetching the he wants her to. Any advice helps.

I'm trying to teach them Tug but they don''t even want to bite it. Please help Robert :(

Is it ok to say "drop it" instead of out?

If you could rename your videos with step by step , #1 , #2 , # 3 and so on , that would be rally helpful for new owners and appropriated

2 questions older dogs seem to dislike my pup even though he approaches gently and calmly. Question 2 how did you find out which color toy was goofy's favorite toy? Thank you!

I have a problem with my dog( Malinois) . He does not want to release Kong. I tried with all of your advice's, but nothing helped. Even raise on a necklace, or a electric collar . Help m,e and help my dog with some backup. Thanks, Alma

hello master. How Do I Learn My Dog Doesn't Destroy Everything and Bite in Things When I'm Not at Home

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Dogs can see color he said “goofy likes yellow”

Is there anything special about the type of tug you use.

The item belongs to the person. The dog is a lower animal. The dog is the property of the person. Those who insist that is 'being mean' do not think clearly. Dogs WANT and NEED a leader. That is how Man developed dogs over thousands of years. A dog has no resentment or grudge.... they cannot. They are dogs. They are not human or even close to primates or dolphins/whales

Why use german word? What's the point? Surely you could use english commands..

Love the dog but hate that name

Hard to hear over that dog barking the whole damn time...🤷😒