If you read the posts that you referenced you will get your answer. The answer is yes. People with high SAT scores usually have good grades but you do not need good grades to get a high SAT score.
I think for a true strong dog, the dog should have some rankness in him. But with that said, you do not need rankness to have a real protection dog. And yes I think that a dog without rankness can get the job done just as good as the dog that does not display any real handler-hardness or rank towards the handler.
That might have been one of the few statements that I disagree with you on. Think about what you said. They both can get the job done the same but you prefer a little rank. I can see dealing with rank issues because of a dog’s working abilities but if two dogs have the same working ability why would you prefer the one with rank to the one without?
How do you think that the level of rankness in dogs has gotten to the point it is now? There are people that do like the rank ones. The attitude that a dog has to be rank to be able to function, is not all that uncommon.
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My point and maybe I should have stated it clearer is that the vast majority of dogs that are really strong are going to have rankness in them. Most dogs that do not have rankness are normally not as strong as the dogs that are a little rank. They can get the job done, but the dogs that are a bit rank are for the most part going to be stronger in the protection then the dogs that are not. I think it was Donn Yarnell that said in the police dog school in Germany at Stuckenbruck (spelling) the dogs are tested in muzzle for the whole selection process. It was stated that dogs that need to pass this test would in the majority of cases have some rankness to them. The dogs that do pass, would as a rule of thumb be tougher then dogs that did not have any rankness to them. While the non-rank dog would function and get the job done the rank dog would in most cases be stronger in protection. Attitude? I think fact.
It's when my boss tells me that our Department's motto is "Courteous Vigilance". I forget my place in the organizational hierarchy (read bottom)and I am often agressively reactive to correction.
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rank is a fancy term for dominance, as in The dog wants to be high ranking in the pack. I believe handler hard is taking a correction well, or acting aggressive towards the handler because of a correction. That one Im not to sure about.
Rank is a dog that is willing, and does, go after the handler aggressively. This is a dog that will attack the handler in an attempt to increase their position. A dominant dog will not necessarily be rank. They will direct their dominance outside of the immediate social order.
A Handler hard dog is a dog that has little response to corrections. These dogs will shake off a correction and go right back to what they were doing.
If a dog is both handler hard and rank, the dog is potentially going to go after the handler and be difficult to correct for the behavior as the correction doesn't really phase them. The 2 things can make for a very difficult dog.
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