I agree 100% on the DA aggressive bulldogs when working a critter.
It would be the same with a group of earthdog if they run across a critter above ground but below ground, with no room to maneuver it can bring out possessiveness OR the first dog in gets pushed into the quarry.
We hunted numerous working terriers together that had absolutely NO use with another terrier.
It was the hunt that kept them from focusing on one another.
Hard to avoid in a 6-7 inch diameter hole in the ground.
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The way TD approaches this is that we typically don't work dogs together. However, if a young dog shows signs of prey lock or is just not catching on, we will tie them out with other pups or work agitiation in a group circle. This is not done more than once or twice with any dog, and if the dog doesn't shift his focus from the dogs to the helper, the exercise is halted and the dog is removed. I'm not nearly as experienced as others are with this technique, but it seems to work on some young dogs that aren't very defensive.
My dog is defensive and dog reactive, and while on the fence. pretty much focused on other dogs. She always seemed distracted by other dogs being on the side while we were doing bitework. To work on this, TD actually made us work in a group, with me handling rather than on the fence, and she worked through the distraction and learned to focus on the helper instead of the other dogs.
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