John Lister Webboard User Reg: 11-12-2002
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I just finished the 8 weeks to 8 months video last night and it left me with a few questions.
1. Socialization - Ed starts out saying to read who can pet my puppy, so I did.. and then he goes off into a college park talking about great opportunity for a shy dog to be pet by people.. When I take my new puppy out to different places should I let people pet my dog, how do I know if they are shy? So many people online say so many different things about that, I am a bit confused.
John, It is completely up to you as to whether you let strangers interact with your dog. As you have seen, many folks on the forum don't care to let strangers touch their dogs while others do under controlled circumstances. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. When working Falcon in public I often tell folks who ask to pet him that he is "in training" and they could help me most by just standing there since we are working on "being neutral" or something along those lines.
If I was raising a serious working line dog and working in the bite sports, no one would touch my dog.
John Lister Webboard User Reg: 11-12-2002
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Okay.. I am starting to get this..
So socializing for a working dog is really just introducing the dog to different situations, areas and events. it does not have to be petting.. Ed eluded to this in the puppy video.
So socializing for a working dog is really just introducing the dog to different situations, areas and events. it does not have to be petting.. Ed eluded to this in the puppy video.
Yes, you want the pup confident and comfortable in lots of different situations and places and neutral to other dogs and people. Happy toy shopping! (flying squirrels high on our list...)
If I was raising a serious working line dog and working in the bite sports, no one would touch my dog.
Really? I do know a few people that have done the same.
I have always taken a different route. To me Bite Sport work is just a command. Something the dog does because you ask it. The guy in the bite suit is just a big, moving tug toy. Its "fun" for the dog. You train a dog to drop a ball, you train the dog to out a guy in a bite suit.
You tell the dog to not bite the ball and lay calmly, you train the dog to not bite the guy in the bite suit.
To me Bite Sports is a more involved game of fetch. Something interactive and fun for the dog. In the mean time, the dog should be relaxed under just about any conditions.
Do I think that there are some dogs that are great Bite Sport dogs, that would never take a real life bite in a real world setting. Absolutely, I have seen it with my own eyes.
Now, if I was training a Personal Protection dog. It would be no one touches my dog.
But, to me there is a massive difference in a Bite Sport dog and a Personal Protection dog.
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