okay, so i read ed's article on drives, and i did some reading in the working in defense section here....but i'm just not getting something, if you more knowledgable guys can help out my confused self
so a defense drive is good to utilize when training dogs in protection, SchH, etc....right?
i'm just not very clear....from my reading, it sounds like it utilizes fear reactions in the dog. is that right? and if so, i thought you were supposed to avoid fearful dogs for that kind of work. is it a different kind of fear?
where do you draw the line between a reasonable fear reaction (defense) and fear aggression? or am i looking at it in a totally unreasonable way? help!
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Don't think about it so much in terms of fear.
From the dog's perspective, it something threatening is encountered, there are a couple of options on how to react...
1. Attack it in a strong aggressive manner, before the theat does the same to me.(Active Defense).
2. Posture, growl & bark, while standing ground or advancing, to warn it not to come near me. (Strong Passive Defense).
3. Same as #2, but while giving up ground. (Weak Passive). Fear Aggressive. Will tend to attack if threat lessens or tries to move on/away.
4. Submit to the threat, and grovel so maybe it'll have mercy on me. (Submission).
There is a certain amount of fear in all of these, even in #1 b/c 'I'm gonna get you, before you get me' the best Defense is a strong Offense.
okay, so for protection, you would use a dog that falls into 1 and 2, but dogs that don't have enough confidence to stand ground while fearful would obviously not be used - is that like the dividing line? that there's a certain amount of fear in all of them, but it's how the dog handles/responds to the fear?
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