WeenSze & Duchess, Miniature Schnauzer 7years from Singapore

Welcome! 🙂

So running as such was quite good! She is just not 100% into that bunny tail. I think it is definitely a game you should develop, but perhaps it is not yet strong enough to use in training. How are you doing with the play trick? It will be easier when she understands that if she catches the toy and wins the fight, she gets food as bonus. So you will be able to switch between the bunny tail and food easily. When you are playing with the tail and she looses interest, make it move fast. Don’t just wiggle it in front of his face. You have better chance of getting her interested if it also runs as a bunny. 😉
You can try this same game with food throws too. It is the “safest” way, because we know she loves food. Just get big pieces and throw them far, so they really encourage running, even in front of you, not just chasing you.

Great improvement with tugging! Both with the rabbit tail and food pocket. Once she gets a good grip and starts pulling lite at 2.28, start using your body more, to make the whole “fight” more interesting. In the pressure phase you can touch her sides, but when you are gradually letting go, turn away from her. Keep her on the side of your body or even behind your back. But while you are turning, make sure you keep good tension in the toy all the time. Sometimes you are still very careful and not pulling hard enough. That is when she usually starts chewing or looses interest. Don’t worry if you pull too hard. You just switch to a quick chase immediately and she will give you another opportunity with the next bite. 🙂
Same goes for playing with food bag. Also when she wins try to make it all about the bag. Leave it on the ground, approach her from the side and just help her open the bag. Than refill the bag and let her watch. Use the free hand to keep her from stealing it, but in a very gentile way so she always thinks she still has a chance.
I would also try food ball (you can improvise with a tennis ball) so you have something you can throw better for trainings.

Overall I really like her attitude, barking on the start and she was running very well. If you manage to get her interested in food ball you can use that, if not, try to play food throws once per day so she gets used to it and starts to chew faster.

You can try one of the other setups from my video next time. 🙂

Great. This will be very useful for next lesson with turns! 🙂 In the next phase you can keep the whip steady, send her normally to a tunnel or over a jump and start the chase after, as a reward. Doing obstacles while she is chasing is fun now and than but she has to learn to run fast to get the reward not only when she is chasing it. But I really like how her playing is improving! Great job so far. For now you can reward her a bit more often though – every time she catches let her have a snack from the food pocket.