Hoping for some good suggestions here! I've been training Floyd in Mondio. He loves to bite! Has been coming along really well. He's been on the suit for a while and is having a great time. He'd been having some intermittent problems with tiring quickly. Sometimes to the point of turning a lil blue and has actually passed out on occasion. Even after very short sessions. We initially thought it was a harness issue cutting off circulation.
No known health problems, I have had his soft palate looked at (he's an American Bulldog). He can handle strenuous exercise.
Yesterday while working with an experienced decoy, the decoy said that he's holding his breath on the bite. He has a nice full bite, but dosen't breathe thru his nose. The decoy suggested running him with a bite pillow in his mouth so hes forced to breathe thru his nose.
Anyone else seen this issue? Any other suggestions?
The decoy's suggestion sounds like a good one.
Might be even easier if you put him on a treadmill, so you can focus on keeping the pillow in his mouth.
The only other thing I can think of that would force him to breath through his nose would be to teach him to foot-step track. As the tracks get longer, he'll have to learn to breathe through his nose for extended periods of time.
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