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@mykell Oh man he LOVES the flirt pole. Haven’t noticed a huge difference in how he acts based on that type of stimulation, but we’re still working on “drop it” and I think that’ll help with his engagement with it (he doesn’t want to give back the lure once he catches it). And our herding ball...

@mykell Thank you for your comment. This is super helpful. I actually didn't know what we were doing had a name (alpha roll). I personally am not a fan of these tactics either, but I got to a point where I just couldn't take getting hurt anymore and I didn't know what else to do. Another point...

Edit: TL;DR: is air snapping instead of nipping/biting escalation an improvement, or something to be worried about? Edit: formatting So we adopted an adolescent puppy around 6 weeks ago. He was 7 months at the time, and he is a heeler/Aussie/dachshund/basset mix. After the first few days of...