Hi, I believe someone may have asked this before.. pls pardon me..
I recently bought a 4 mth Malinois pup after 2 years of sourcing. I was very pleased with the prey drive of my pup. Below are some of the videos of my pup playing tug biting. I have been doing obedience and agility for many years but new to schutzhund as you can see my movement is not that smooth.
My pup is still not used to the new place. She could be frighten during the transport. She loves play with me. However she is bit shy to other strangers. I am not pushing her, I just be patient and give her some time to adopt the new environment.
I am now also teaching her to neutralise the leash. However, she loves to bit the leash when she is on the field. I ignore her but she can continue playing and biting the leash herself for a long time.
I need advise if I am on the right track of the leash neutralisation and how I can help her to build up her confidence (e.g. let the stranger to give her a treat ?... etc)
Sounds like she needs some confidence boosting. I think there are some eBooks here that might help you.
I never allow leash biting. I redirected and popped the leash with my pup, who has really high prey drive. I just taught him there there are more fun things to play with and that playing with the leash wouldn't be tolerated.
It also looks like your pup is about ready to start learning "bring it here", or whatever command you use. I read this here on the forum and it worked outstandingly well with my pup. Give the command, a light pop on the leash immediately after, and then real her in. When she gets to you pull on the tug for about two seconds and then let her win. That way she learns that coming back to you means the game continues.
Don't allow her to bite the leash. It will become a habit. When she gets the leash in her mouth, tell her to drop it then offer a tug toy or ball to play with instead. You need to give her something else to do.
How long have you had the dog? Try and get her around as many neutral people as possible (people who will ignore her and not look at her, stare, or try to touch her). When she gets more comfortable maybe they could drop treats for her. Try and get her to focus on you, so that she forgets about the scary strangers. She will learn they are not so scary if they are just ignoring her.
Edit: do you have the drive and focus video?
From the video, when the dog is in your arms, you should be doing a smooth stroke along the side of the dog from her collar to her hips. (not on her head). However, she looks very calm in your arms, not chewing on the tug, and great drives. What a beautiful little pup!
-It doesn't appear you're letting her win for any particular reason. Wait for her to counter deeper into the tug before a victory lap.
-You may want to put the tug onto the end of a string and make it scurry across the ground. It'd be a little more interesting for her at this point. Right now, it looks like the tug is actually motionless when she bites it, which means there's no logical reason for her to really strike hard and hold on.
She's got to learn that the first strike is the one that counts, otherwise it slips away. Keep it in motion. You are literally simulating a prey object, and rabbits never give up.
Remember, this isn't any old toy... she needs to consider it a hard-earned TROPHY.
-To entice her to come to you, run in the opposite direction and act like a goof ball. Every time you let her win, you look quite boring, and then hover over her to take the tug she just worked for.
i got all the pup videos from leerburg ;p I noted all the comments and hope I can put those into training and practice.
I have her for less then 2 weeks. Now she is much better and start exploring new things.
Steven,
Ya, now I will release the tug and let her win when she counters. May I know what do you mean by the tug is motionless ? as I may not be aware when I was playing with her or I miss some important point her. I fight with her and swing the tug left-right left-right. Please advise
In the second video there's a couple times where you let it hang there for just a fraction of a second to give her a chance to get it...maybe not even intentionally.
Either way, I've heard that aptly referred to as a "suicide rabbit".
I have a female mal about the same age. I'll take video of what I'm talking about later today.
thanks.. ya.. I think one of Bernhard Flinks's DVD, he also mentioned about "Suicide Rabbit"... the prey shouldn't just drop in the dog mouth, but the dog must chase and try hard to catch the prey.
Look forward to see your video so that I can improve my pup training.
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