Could be the same and at the same time have absolutely no connection.

Some dogs bite because they want to, and in turn they can bite when they want and bite what they want. There is a male out side right now that will grab onto the 1" cotton rope and fight it til he nearly passes out. The negatives are the strands of cotton come off and he swallows them. I see some strings in his stool on occasion. I tried cow hides and he will not sniff it much less bite it. Without the cotton rope to work three or four times per day he starts in on the bowls, chains, rocks and roots. He is on the edge of being a hard keeper, actually on the edge leaning over looking down.

His littermate sister will bite anything that comes in her chain spot.

I worked a big male once that was really awesome on the flirt pole. He would chase it til no end. No interest in the spring pole. He would not bite it at all. On the flirt pole he would chase it forever, and when he occasionally caught the hide. He would put it on the ground and push it with his foot to make it move again. Game on from there.

And after all that babbling. Every dog is different.

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Quote Originally Posted by skip11 View Post
I agree, flirtpole should be used w/ the dog off leash to gain the most benefit. S_B also has good points in stopping the flirtpole in the later stages of the keep, but I guess that also depends on the dog (how hard he goes, how you use the flirtpole, etc.). Also do you guys think dog that doesn't bite hard on the springpole (because he's not that interested or whatever reason) is a soft mouth dog in the real hunt, or is it a totally different thing?