Paws on ME during training? (graphic pics lol) - Page 1

Thanks everyone who helped me with my questions about the paws on the helper. I got some valuable advice, much appreciated.
When Galan and I are working and he earns the tug, he puts his paws on me and pulls, much like he does with a helper. I have gotten a few bruises randomly from this before but the other night he was pumped up!!!
When I say my legs are a mess I mean they look BAD... A friend of mine in another state also has what I'm referring to now as ugly leg. LOL
I bruise easily anyway, but I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to get some scratch pants, or it would be confusing to the dog? It honestly doesn't hurt, at least while my adrenaline in pumping ;-) But my legs look so bad that I change out of shorts in 100+ degree weather to go to the store, so no one "thinks" anything. LOL I don't really care if they aren't sexy, but I'm just wondering if it's okay for him to play like this with me. I don't mind it, but if it's a bad habit for him to be doing I need to start working on it.  
My dogs nails are kept very short (grinded weekly) and I do wear jeans training.

Also any advice for targeting? I have a nice bruise on my forearm too.. As well as a nice cut and bruise on my knuckles from one of my girls...Here let me show you the forearm bruise... (Yeah the tattoo is old and was a BAD idea...I hate it) Anyway. 
This was my fault. He grabbed and let go immediately as soon as he nailed me. I made him sitz, then we went back to working. He didn't seem like he did it deliberately or to be dirty. 
Hell maybe I'm just too old and slow for this sport  :-)  Thanks in advance, Stacy
P.S. You tube video links would also be appreciated if anyone has any handy!

Where are you presenting the tug? And you do know that you can move your body, right? You are not a post here! LoL!!! Anyhow, I don't believe your legs look that bad until we get some pics. ;p. And too old for Sch??? Maybe that's an old photo, but you look a hell of a lot younger than most of the people in Sch.

Stacy
If you are too Old then i should be dead and buried, there will be no hope for me

Always wear the right clothing when training you never know where they may catch you
It is in the 90's here again today over 100 this last two weeks however i am just off training and however hot it is i will wear the Ball dropper jacket, I can strip of and wash down afterwards at the club, so it is worth getting hot and when you wear this type of clothes the Dog knows it is working and not at play, we may not think they know the difference but they certainly do
Steve1

On Ivan Balabanov's website he has a 10 min free video on tug presentation. It's pretty good. (You have to register on his site first to watch). 

www.trainperview.com/dog-training-videos/detail.aspx

There are some Dog Clothes that can be bought just for Dog Training and the dogs jumping on you and the such...There are a number of companies that make them..."Sport Hunde"..."Euro Joe" (Joe's Farm)...and there are many others...The pants are nice and have a nylon type front where the dogs would jump on you...It will help...Same as scratch pants...but just because you wear this type of clothing or even scratch pants doesn't mean you won't get scratched or bruised...It only helps...
A lot of the members of clubs in Germany are now wearing this type of clothes...I don't and won't wear this stuff during the summer months...I wear shorts and t-shirt...I was brought up in Florida...but during the winter time...I will wear it....

~Bob~

 Here is a video of Michael Ellis with his dog.

www.youtube.com/watch

Note how he is constantly pivoting body AWAY from the dog when tugging - especially important when you are giving "misses" so when he misses the tug, there is no other target (e.g. your body) available to him for a bite. Also, you can try altering where you tug with Galan. If you tug at chest level, then Galan's feet are off the ground and he has to put them somewhere. So sometimes you can bend down a bit so he can tug with all four feet on the ground. Alternate the height as you tug, up/down/up/down/close to you/away from you, etc.

At about 1:18 on that vid, Ellis gets punched EXACTLY the way Stacy is talking about! I bet you he got bruises too, if guys GET bruises there! 

Well nobody is saying that you can go out to train in a white pair of jeans. I also think Mike was paying too much attention to his audience and the camera. Stacy won't have that distraction. She will have 100% attention on Galan. Nobody goes out to training and goes home clean. Not even me and I'm the best!

LOL, I feel your pain Stacy! Before I learned, I got punched in the face a few times by my dog. Right now I have an absolutely gorgeous ground-meat looking bruise on my leg from being knocked down...just in time for my wedding! :-D I don't have any suggestions for arm bruises, but I've found that loose army-style cargo pants are great for preventing leg bruises and scratches. They don't get too hot, and they seem to protect me a lot. Maybe the pockets provide some padding?? Seriously, they've got about 10 pockets up and down the legs.

Got mine on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=army+cargo+pants&x=0&y=0

- Amanda

Shoot, CLEAN? I'm not worried about clean; where did you get that? I'm not really even worried about all the bruises.  The vid you showed is just a perfect example of how those bruises get there, even if you're an experienced trainer.