I have been training my dog for 4 weeks now, he bites and grips the ball in driving, runs in a circle with a loose leash, comes in to my arms, sits and focuses when I lift the ball up, but when I put the ball slowly at my left shoulder with my right hand and take the leash in my left hand he keeps jumping up, nearly breaking my fingers on the leash or begin running around me. I do not have a bite suit, so I am afraid that one of these days he will bite a certain female bodypart off (if you know what I mean). Is the heeling part necessary for personal protection work, and if so what can I do (besides asking my husband to hold the leash down) to get this excited dog to heel?
Ditto on training with food! Until the dog completely understand the exercise, food will keep the drive (with most dogs) at a lower level then a toy.
Once the dog understands then food OR the toy can be out of site IF the dog is taught that looking in your eyes will get the reward, NOT stareing at the reward out in plain sight. http://www.leespets.com/TheEyeContactGame.html
Thank you all for your comments. I will try it that way. Am I correct then if I assume that the heeling is an important part of the training if I want to train my dog for personal protection?
By the way, Bob, you are right about food keeping the drive at a lower level than a toy. My dog also prefers the toy over food.
Personel protection, Police Service Dog, Sport dog. Obedience is the foundation for all of it.
For a PPD you don't have to have that perfect position or eye contact with your heeling but control is an absolute necessity! Otherwise the PPD is nothing more then a junkyard dog.
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Don't worry about the biting certain parts. More then once I have had to take a quick peek to make sure everything was still present and accounted for.........So far so good!.
If you have a suspicious spouse though the bruises/teeth marks could cause some unpleasant conversations................
Well Betty, the weather is too warm here to wear jackets or shirts with long sleeves, that is why sometimes I get scratches too, but it's well worth it (so far)
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I was holding Macy's kong-on-rope at about bellybutton level this morning and I said the word that starts the game and suddenly I was staggering back, with a dog mouth fully enclosing my hand. She didn't quite break skin, but she turned on...very fast. That'll teach me to think I've got a second or two to get rolling.
Hey,thanks for all the info. I have tried to use food, but my dog is not interested in the food. I still wonder why would Berhnard use a toy in the Heeling training if food is better?
Aren't we suppose to do as demostrated in the DVD? Correct me if I am wrong, but I did not remember him telling about the option of using food instead either.
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