I have noticed in the DVD that Itor, Berhnards dog lifts one leg in front when he is in Focus, my dog does the same thing (see signature picture). Why do dogs do that?
It was not a movie, it is was featured in one of the DVD's I bought here from Ed: Building Drive, Focus and Grip with Bernhard Flinks which is a fantastic, great DVD by the way and my dog loves the training (he goes crazy when he sees the Orbee ball on the string when we are about to begin the training)
If a dog sits by you and raises its paw, then yes, it's a submissive gesture.
I wonder though, isn't the paw-raise during drivework simply a state of prey-stalking?
My dogs will freeze with a paw up (just like Keith's dog in the picture) when they're stalking a rabbit or groundhog or something and are about to pounce. I doubt that they're showing submission to potential prey (although some rabbits can be pretty nasty..........)
But in that case, why would they freeze with a paw up when they're off chasing & stalking groundhogs in a field (without their handler anywhere near them)?
I do get what you're saying, but when I see submissive dogs that sit next to their handler and raise their paws, it doesn't look anything like a dog who, during a high-intensity chase, freezes and raises a paw in mid-stalk...
I've also seen some pretty tough dogs do the freeze & raised-paw when they're waiting to get a bite on a non-moving helper's sleeve during schutzhund work. It always looked like a stalking position and not like a submissive one (especially in some of these tougher dogs - I really didn't see them being submissive to the helper).
Maybe the two behaviours interact when the handler's the one holding the prey?
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