I used the first technique on my GSD pup several months ago (and she was AWFUL..would chase farm animals right through a fully charged cattle fence without even yelping) and it worked so well that we now do search problems through game she has not even encountered before....ie only focuses on human scent. (I guess we set her up with enough different animals for her to generalize but it never hurts to add more during a refresher <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) It is amazing.....
On one problem we worked through 3 courting turkeys, a flock of 15 guineas, past a barking dog in a fence and some unidentified critter that lept up in the woods.
The one that fascinated me was the fox -- she never hackles at a prey animal but she stopped and hackled at the fox then kept on working.
RE the stare -- it is short but we observed that -- she even pointed like a pointer for a brief instance which blew me away.
Kristen wrote: Just one question; what if the dog then realizes this and bypasses the stare, going straight to lunging after the other animal?
LC: He can't lunge until he looks. "The stare" is just a physical manifestation of a look combined with heightened interest or arousal. This training is not just hurting the dog for displaying aggression. It's teaching him how to make the discomfort stop at the first sign of interest, in a very controlled manner.
LC: And Nancy, it's been my experience that the "one foot off the ground" thing usually, not always; but usually, means the dog is smelling animal scent. At least with dogs trained to find humans or other (non-animal) scents.
Lou Castle has been kicked off this board. He is an OLD SCHOOL DOG TRAINER with little to offer.
Lou, I know that training scents (eg Deer, Racoon, Bear, etc) are widely available in hunting stores. Could you use those in lieu of rubbing the towel on the animal and just dilute them in the distilled water? I know they are pretty strong since I can smell them through the bottle.
Interesting about the point thing with other animals; have to add that to the things to look for list --- I know she still does freeze on nearby animal scent (with the exception of those she is very desensitized to like the birds and horses) and has to make the decision not to follow, which she is consistently making.
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