Tips for Playing with your Dog

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Carl Puentes with K-9 Solutions in Miami, Florida and today I am going to show you dog training techniques from my new book, "Who is Training Whom." We are going to have some proper toys for the dog to play with or chew on. You never want to play tug of war. The best game you can play with the dog is retrieve, throw things, he's working for you, letting go of things for you, letting out some of his energy at the same time. You never want to play tug of war with the dog. This is the worst thing you can ever do. It brings out his aggression. They don't stay at one level. This is the worst thing you can do. This is another game that people play with their dog. Man loves to do it by the way. When it gets worse and it does; this time it hurt me. Suddenly get tough with the dog and allow the dog to get used to it and then when he gets worse, that is what happens. This is no good. He could turn around and become firmer. Because isn't this the way we are supposed to play the game. I get firm with you, you get firm with me. So they expose them self to different sociables by play biting, play fighting; never should do it with people. "