I do not work dogs in the street, that is correct. I also do not miss the points in any of your posts.
But -
What of shepherds who have their dogs working all day, then bring the dog into the home at the end of the day? They manage to be well rested. What of dogs used in wartime? Often the dogs were with their handlers 24 x 7.
Would the above dogs have been more driven to work if they were kenneled at night or more rested? Are service dogs that spend their nights in the house with the family less capable or less driven to work? If they were then doesn't that indicate something wrong with the handler/dog team?
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Do you have a learning disability? or is it just a reading problem. Some people on this board (you for one) have to be told how to do something 5 different ways and then you still don't understand it.
Go back and read my post - it says "DON"T KEEP POLICE DOGS AS HOUSE DOG" It also says why. What part of that is hard to understand?
Perhaps Catherine fails to realize that a police officer who spends a 40+ hour weekly shift with a patrol dog, plus training sessions, is already spending MUCH more time with the dog than most of us who work during the day and must leave our dogs at home, even if the dog lives in the house.
I also think that Catherine has a problem with the entire concept of a "working dog"--as differentiated from a sport dog or a companion dog or a show dog. Catherine, you must understand that these dogs perform critical functions for their handlers, with lives often hanging in the balance. There is nothing theoretical about it. If handlers discovered that they got better "performances" from working k-9s who sleep by the bedroom door--they'd all be keeping their dogs in the house. Again, this isn't theory. You need to give credit where credit is due, or drop the subject.
Why is it that the people who have no knowledge of working PSDs or PPDs can tell us who do, how we should be doing it.
I run two Working PPDs plus four other dogs for various working roles and my dogs have a choice,the house or their kennels and the dogs that do real work always sleep in their kennels out of choice,so stop telling the people who work dogs what they should do and listen to what the dogs want,do you really believe that they want your company 24 hours a day.Get real and join the real world of dogs.
Catherine says about military dogs on 24/7 does she have personal experience of such work,I do and yes they do work 24/7 but when not working they are kenneled and the main reason is that most would be dangerous to have around the home,these dogs are for war not family pets.A strong bond has to be formed between the dog and handler but that is were it ends and no other person is safe around them.
See the logic of why these dogs are in kennels before you pass comment
Paul Wotton who are you Dr.Doolittle. That is kind of like letting the inmates run the aslyum. I think you need to get your head from out of the sand and stop talking crap. Listen to the dogs, what they want??????, I won't waste anymore time responding to you, you should not be running a k-9 program and it makes me sleep a little uneasy knowing that you do.
Mike,I am not trying to be anybody,its just that everyone thinks dogs want human company 24,some do others dont.If you are unable to find the home loving dog from the opposite,surely there is a lack of communication
There are training benefits to having a dog spend their "off time" in a kennel as opposed to living in a house freely full time. Some of these advantages are:
1) The dog gets use to the climate they are required to work in
2) They learn to become more independent....they learn how to deal with the world by themselves
3) When they are required to work, they are more eager and willing to work with the handler
4) They get more rest in a kennel setting than in a home environment
Those are some of the benefits to having a working dog living in a kennel as opposed to a home setting. -Greg
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