My youngest pup is 7 months old and his dad was a great working dog. He appears to have the drive but is currently suffering from ADD(attention deficit disorder, for those of you not in the education/medical circle) He goes absolutely ballistic at the other dogs in the beginner class but doesn't even acknowledge these same dogs in Obedience class (held about an hour before protection work). My problem is when the decoy comes to work with him, Rio (the dog) focuses on him as long as the burlap is moving. But he's not holding his bite. He just bites the sack and lets go. As soon as the decoy moves to the next dog, Rio sounds like he is just going to eat the other dog up. He sounds really vicious in his bark but he just seems to be lacking in the bite department. I guess this is one of those "he still needs to grow up some" issues. Does anyone have any tips on how to get him to hold on to his bite? I have tried tug of war and is just doesn't seem to be progressing quick enough.
Frustrated in La,
Renee396 Renee396@aol.com
He's 7 months old, what's your hurry? And where do you intend to progress so quickly to? Come on, he's going to have to be a year older just to pass his "B"!
Not trying to rip on you. But don't get too wound up about this.
Later on... if the pup doesn't want to put up a tussle for the prey, it's often just a sign of laziness. He's used to doing too little to win his prey reward. He keeps letting go? Bam, the prey is out of range. Make him WORK for that bite. He doesn't feel like working? Put him up... preferably where he has to watch the other dogs fighting for their prey item. Which is to say, having all the fun.
Didn't mean to sound like I was trying to rush the poor pup out of his youth, but I just remember how his dad worked and hit like a mack truck. He goes nuts when he's the one in the kennel and the other dogs are getting to work, but put him in the limelight and I don't know maybe a case of stage fright.
Anyway thanks for the reply.
Just anxious I guess,
Renee396 Renee396@aol.com
Hey Sspringarm I'm considerably further north. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I'm in Monroe, but I train with a group in Shreveport. What's a couple of hundred miles for the dogs?!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Planning on coming this way anytime soon?
Renee396 Renee396@aol.com
Originally posted by sspringarm: Hey Renee I may its only about 3-1/2 hrs or so. What kind of club is up there.
A good one, when we were visiting, they were going over the titles that they had accomplished recently, it was a fairly long list. Riker's reverse gear fuss is a sight to behold. Randy and Steve are both great helpers/trainers. And it is exactly a 400mi round trip (at least from our house), but worth it for the experience they have. Our "Lafayette group" is trying to get a good schedule going and possibly make planned road trips to Shreveport on a regular basis.
btw, I PM'd you with our number again and a location for tomorrow nite (Wednesday).
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