Thanks for posting that, Jerry... very interesting read.
Now I must pull out a quote and ask you a question.
Jerry Cudahy wrote:
A dog with little or no prey drive would be one that could care less about a ball being thrown about or one that might run after the ball when thrown yet when the dog arrives at the ball shows no interest. Okay, going back to my original proposition: Since my young dog will often exhibit your latter behavior (running after the ball but getting distracted en route) but will pull full-force against a prong collar in the attempt to chase a squirrel... one can't obviously say that she has no prey drive, no?
Pete, you mentioned that you are but one of several handlers who have worked with this dog. Could you go into why this dog has had so many Tutors. This might be a reason for part of your assumed problems.
Prey drive as I pointed out in my article is also the play drive when we speak about dogs.
Alligators have a prey drive but they do not wish to play with their prey object. They eat it.
The litteral definition of prey as per the gator or perhaps a domestic cat preparing to jump the mouse is not the same as what applies to good working dogs in my opinion.
Domestic dogs will chase and kill sheep. Is that a prey drive that compelled them to chase and kill? No, but an abstracted play drive that went wrong in human terms.
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Vince, I'm glad you have been hanging out lately. While you were out, it was like drinking orange juice w/o the vodka, just didn't seem right. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Cal had been through 4 handlers because she is an extremely high-drive dog that is not your run-of-the-mill "pet" (which seems to be what most people who come to GSD rescue are looking for). She's a nice-looking girl too with the classic saddle, so she got her share of attention. Unfortunately she wound up with a series of suburban families that were unprepared to deal with her drive.
Example: When I got her I tested Cal for her knowledge of basic obedience. She did not know "sit," "down," "stay," or "come". She DID, however, know "shake!"
Her previous owners all seemed to be afraid to let her off-lead.
Does that help? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Yes, within reason... we're in the proofing stage now. I don't trust her down or her off-lead heeling if an animal suddenly darts out. I may have to go to an e-collar for this because her prey drive is off the scale.
Drive = the natural urge to do something. "Sex drive."
Dave, with all due respect, can we not muddy the waters here by getting into the timeworn argument over what is a real drive and what isn't? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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