New Goal for Tor: 1000 outs in lower arousal situations on a variety of tug toys before we up the ante. Will help him to generalize the out to different locations and toys before we make it harder again. I expect this to take roughly 10 days to 2 weeks. I doubt that I will keep an "exact" daily count ;-) Though this may represent a step back, we will definitely be way ahead in the game if he learns a reliable out.
Gave the pups a light day today. Turned out great because we had a lovely, COLD rain this afternoon. Each dog got a couple of nice outings with plenty of free throws using the Chuck It at a couple of different parks. Tor also did some outs at each of the parks. He definitely reacts differently to the different tug toys. Used the bite pillow at our home park this morning and he was all wound up - vocalizing and thrashing alot. Used a regular tug at Charleston Park this afternoon and he was both less vocal and less thrashing. I think this will be a good approach with him. Time will tell.
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