Making the dummy a real bastard to bite in a hard manner IE perhaps a wrap or two of b/wire. The dog will only grab as hard as necessary to retrieve.The dog will not hurt itself either as it is in command of the bite pressure.

JH you have a problem here in this case where the dog is actually of the opinion that he is the master and is or has been actually challenging you. I suspect that he has been allowed to get away with many small things that have accumulated over the years,hence the current situation of where he offered a bite of your hand. That to me is the ultimate "no no" and in my farming situation the dog would be on the DMW list.

I broke three dogs in all together with my last litter and used a training collar to reinforce my training and I will recommend the use of one in conjunction with decent training methods. These dogs do an average of 10 k`s a day as I do my rounds of fences,cattle and crops,they HAVE to be under my control espec in a farming situation

With a collar let the dog grab say a live chook and hit him with a tickle..he wont touch a chook again as "they bite" thus use the collar for any problems such as the simplification above. I reckon I would have him giving the rabbit up very obediently but it is of most importance to not over do any training as he wont touch the next one.

The collar hasnt been on a dog here for a very very long time unlike some that use them every time the dog accompanies them out into the field or wherever.

Training collars are of bugger all use to those that dont have the the fundamentals of training a dog already.

And to those that say they are a cruel item,I say go jump!