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#55744 - 10/23/03 08:20 PM
Protection training (novice)
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Denver Asher
Registered: 10/15/03
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Help!! Novice here, I just bought a pure bred DDR puppy for the purpose of house pet and protection. My question is this, can I train this dog without any help to protect my home and family members? I am not interested in SchH or paying someone to train my dog. I intent to train him in obedience, increase his prey drive, Ball etc, and then at the age of 3 years have a helped pretend to break in the house, of course I will have a muzzle on the dog for this test. I cannot afford a body suit,(limited funds, retired now). Any constructive advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
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#55746 - 10/23/03 11:20 PM
Re: Protection training (novice)
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Joseph Stephenson
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http://www.leerburg.com/310.htm
this DVD is supposed to teach us how far we can go in protection training without help. At least that's what I think it was made for
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#55748 - 10/24/03 07:08 AM
Re: Protection training (novice)
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REINIER Geel
Registered: 01/12/03
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Loc: South Africa
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Denver
You must excuse the boy’s, but some will make believe that novice dog training is rocket science, bummer it’s not, my 5 year old is training a full grown GSD, and my 13 year old is a instructor, so you don’t need a professional at this stage especially for what you want, the post man and the milk man is the best trainer of territorial aggression, forget the drives etc, get some one to tease the dog through the gate, and then let him drop and run, later on get him on lead and get some one to come in and repeat the process, this will teach the dog to dominate his area, this dog will have the game under rappers in no time.
The other thing is not all dogs are territorially inclined, so your dog’s inclination to be protective will depend ion breed and temperament ETC.
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#55750 - 10/24/03 10:10 AM
Re: Protection training (novice)
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Denver Asher
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I was under the impression that at 3 years a GSD would be mature enough to engage in personal protection. Does novice denote stupidity? Constructive advice is solicited but I can do without the condescending ridicule. That was my first and last post. Thanks to all of you that replied intelligently and in a civilized manner.
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#55751 - 10/24/03 10:26 AM
Re: Protection training (novice)
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Linda Wayrynen
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Unfortunately, some folks feel the need to be arrogant and "know it alls" to make themselves feel better.
85% of the folks here manage to give advice without insulting someone just because they happen to be a novice.
Obviously for them to be experienced, they had to be a novice at one time themselves. I thought everyone should keep in the back of their mind before responding to a question.
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#55752 - 10/24/03 10:43 AM
Re: Protection training (novice)
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David C.Frost
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Denver,
As a suggestion, First, identify exactly what you want the dog to do. Secondly, before starting any of the "protection" phase of training concentrate on obediance. Once you have control of the dog with verbal commands, then start meeting the objectives you've identified for you dog. While a lot of the preparation work, can be done alone, you will at sometime need some "friends" to help. Mr Geel is correct. Dog training is not rocket science. But it does take planning, knowing what your objectives are, and consistency. On a personal note, one thing I've learned in the 35 plus years I've been working with dogs is: the only thing 2 dog trainers can agree on is that, the third one is wrong. Don't take anything personal. Ask your question, use what in useful too you and ignore the rest.
DFrost
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