May 19, 2011
I just inherited a 17 month old female. I have taken her to 4 SchH training sessions and she is doing great but is having problems on the blind search. Any ideas to help this?
Full Question:
I have watched numerous tapes from you. The latest is training personal protection dogs. I was given a 17-month-old German Shepherd bitch whose parent are both SchH 3. The sire is on the Ohio search and rescue team. This female lived in a kennel most of her life until now. I want to try her in SchH. I joined an SchH club, and the trainer thinks I should go for SchH 1 in September. She has been to four classes and she's gone from no interest in the helper or the sleeve to intense interest in both. Except for the blind's.When I command revere she look's in the first blind, empty, the second blind with the helper, when she sees the helper she sits down and act's afraid of the blind. She will bark and bite if he comes out of the blind, but not while he's in it. I work with her prey drive intensely at home. What should I do here? Should she be on or off leash? What if she doesn't search on her own? She gets stressed very easy. I don't want to break her down. I read your article on teaching the BH, HELP!!
Please, Thank you,
Melissa
Cindy's Answer:
I have never seen a dog that should be running the blinds after only 4 bite work sessions. I suggest you spend some time learning this work. This is flat wrong, I don't care if your trainer is from Germany. If he was any good he would not be teaching the blind search after 4 training sessions and he would know how to handle this problem. I guess this just demonstrates the fact that not all Germans are good trainer.
If you want to learn this work you need to learn and teach the basics. There are no short cuts. Here are some tapes to consider:
The First Steps of Bite Training explains the importance of bite development and the steps a dog as young as 6 months of age must go through before it can be ready for more serious defensive training. I would suggest that you read the description of this video on my web site. If you are not 100% sure of the drives that I refer to, I would direct you to the articles I have written on this subject on my web site.
The First Steps of Defense is the video that shows how to move a dog from bite development into the more serious work. All dogs that are going into more specialized training (Police Service Work, Schutzhund Work or Personal Protection Work) need to go through this phase of training before moving on.
If you want to learn this work you need to learn and teach the basics. There are no short cuts. Here are some tapes to consider:
The First Steps of Bite Training explains the importance of bite development and the steps a dog as young as 6 months of age must go through before it can be ready for more serious defensive training. I would suggest that you read the description of this video on my web site. If you are not 100% sure of the drives that I refer to, I would direct you to the articles I have written on this subject on my web site.
The First Steps of Defense is the video that shows how to move a dog from bite development into the more serious work. All dogs that are going into more specialized training (Police Service Work, Schutzhund Work or Personal Protection Work) need to go through this phase of training before moving on.
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