I've been trying to teach Fly to tug for months, to no avail. She would
never hold onto a toy if I was holding the other end -- maybe some sort of
hyper-deference, I don't know. Then, if I could get her to bite on a toy
that I was holding, she would immediately turn around and look at Solo,
hoping he would start playing with the toy instead, so she could watch him

Wow. This sounds just like Boo. Very deferential also and doesn't believe it is
acceptable to play tug with people. (It is Dee's favorite game.) Boo plays tug
with Dee, but just won't do it with me. I have gotten a toy that I make a big
fuss about, get Boo all jazzed about it, play with him and tease him with it
for a few seconds and put it away. He has started to get very interested in it.
I guess I'll pull out the clicker and see if it speeds things up.

I've been trying to teach Fly to tug for months, to no avail. She would
never hold onto a toy if I was holding the other end -- maybe some sort of
hyper-deference, I don't know. Then, if I could get her to bite on a toy
that I was holding, she would immediately turn around and look at Solo,
hoping he would start playing with the toy instead, so she could watch him

Wow. This sounds just like Boo. Very deferential also and doesn't believe it is
acceptable to play tug with people. (It is Dee's favorite game.) Boo plays tug
with Dee, but just won't do it with me. I have gotten a toy that I make a big
fuss about, get Boo all jazzed about it, play with him and tease him with it
for a few seconds and put it away. He has started to get very interested in it.
I guess I'll pull out the clicker and see if it speeds things up.

I've been trying to teach Fly to tug for months, to no avail. She would
never hold onto a toy if I was holding the other end -- maybe some sort of
hyper-deference, I don't know. Then, if I could get her to bite on a toy
that I was holding, she would immediately turn around and look at Solo,
hoping he would start playing with the toy instead, so she could watch him

Wow. This sounds just like Boo. Very deferential also and doesn't believe it is
acceptable to play tug with people. (It is Dee's favorite game.) Boo plays tug
with Dee, but just won't do it with me. I have gotten a toy that I make a big
fuss about, get Boo all jazzed about it, play with him and tease him with it
for a few seconds and put it away. He has started to get very interested in it.
I guess I'll pull out the clicker and see if it speeds things up.