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#139787 - 04/27/07 03:25 PM
Re: Biting my hand while building Drive
[Re: ted efthymiadis]
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Will Rambeau
Registered: 01/25/03
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If you get a dog into a high enough drive state, you're going to take an occasional hand bite. It becomes as much about your speed and ability to dodge as it does about the dog.
Honestly, it goes with the territory. That's not to belittle what's happening, but it some ways it shows just how high you're able to push your dog into drive ( and that's a *good* thing )
If this was happening to you in our club, we'd be yelling encouragement at ya! 
Good luck!
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#139800 - 04/27/07 04:06 PM
Re: Biting my hand while building Drive
[Re: Carol Boche]
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Will Rambeau
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Beleive me, it's harder for older handlers to do the drive building and not get a chunk removed from their hands.
We had a new handler join our club several years ago ( Betty Waldron, a forum member ) who came with a great attitude for a novice. As she became more involved she eventually made the jump to a *high* drive puppy which has been removing tissue from her for the last two years.
She's trained it to almost a SchH I level but the beast will always be too fast for her....heck, the dog is too fast to all but maybe a trained martial artist, lol. But ol' Betty just smiles and slaps on another bandaid and goes back to training.
You gotta love an attitude like that!
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#139825 - 04/27/07 07:11 PM
Re: Biting my hand while building Drive
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Betty Waldron
Registered: 07/11/02
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Loc: North Florida (Live Oak area)
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Awww, shucks. 
It's easy to have a good attitude when you have club members that show up only to help you with your own special Princess Weasel. Not to mention any names but they own a dog named Fetz...... 
Lordy be, could you imagine the Weas withougt training? 
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#139826 - 04/27/07 07:11 PM
Re: Biting my hand while building Drive
[Re: ted efthymiadis]
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Jennifer Coulter
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Registered: 04/02/07
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Loc: Canada
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Might I ask what you are building the drive for? Are you working in SAR, some other dog sport?
How I would deal with this issue (or if I would consider it an issue) would depend on my goals for my dog and myself.
Cheers,
Jennifer C
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