The video has detailed step by step training sections. We
show exercises that teach helpers footwork for the courage tests and advanced
defensive work with dogs. We detail step by step training sequences that all
helpers should work through to develop smooth frontal catches. We show the
correct way to administer stick hits, both from a technical standpoint and
from the judges viewpoint.
Throughout the tape we stress that good helper techniques
result in safer work for the dog. Poor helpers hurt dogs. We have set up and
filmed some dramatic examples to show what bad timing can do. It is our feeling
that this video is going to educate a lot of competitors, handlers and trainers
on advanced helper work.
Poor helper work in training has broken more teeth on good
dogs than we would like to think about. This video will teach you techniques
to eliminate unnecessary accidents.
If you are a police officer or personal protection trainer,
you need this tape. Police helpers need to learn how to do this work properly. Tom Rose is a Schutzhund
judge. We reflect what a judge expects from a trial helper and identify the
most common helper errors.