Chris Jones 2 Webboard User Reg: 12-09-2006
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I have a dog that seems to go in defense drive whenever confronted with the bitesuit. I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on how to switch that defense drive over to prey drive while working him in the suit? It seems ez to switch drives with the sleeve because you can just waive the sleeve around. But how would you switch the drive in the suit?
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Chris, try this:
Have your decoy wear the bitesuit coat so that it opens to the rear and don't fasten it shut. Let the dog get a bite on the arm and allow the jacket to slip off so that the dog gets the jacket as a reward ( make *SURE* that the decoy and handler fully understand their jobs so that the dog can't re-engage the now topless decoy ). The decoy goes passive immediately so that he poses no further threat and have the dog run with the buitsuit top for as long as he'll carry it - he'll get the idea that it's an item just like the sleeve and their you have a dog that sees a buitsuit as a prey item ( as most of them do after being worked on a suit for a while ).
Also, make sure that the decoy is in "prey" mode for this type of training and not posturing so strongly at the dog that it automatically goes into defense - this is where a good decoy is seperated from the not-so-good decoys.....
Chris Jones 2 Webboard User Reg: 12-09-2006
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Yep Howard good idea, we did that last session. He gets so hostile over the decoy that it had to be done. That's why I like to make it more of a game (prey) for him. Make him see the suit as the prey and not the decoy as his enemy all the time.
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