Great post Brendan! Makes total sense to me. Once a drive is extinguised or dormant it takes a lot of work (depending on the dog) to breng those drives back out. Having the dog see the other dog's who's drives are out and not extinguished will help the dog revisit his own drives and manifest them faster in my opinion.
Dogs like other canids and mammals learn by watching their older counterparts in addition to their instincts.
I was thinking about this some more,maybe we see a dog and say oh, rover hes locked in prey drive. But the dog is thinking Ive become a acomplished chaser of fleeing prey (prey drive)thats my bag, its someone elses speciality to stop attacks on the pack. This is just conjecture on my behalf but it seems plausible.
I was referring to your first post <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> -- gotta think about the second one <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Ellen, I have to disagree with you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> . Brendan's post is indeed lovely and very cerebral, but he shouldn't throw away his guns just yet. As far as his second post, it does require further processing. Is the implication that a dog is pre-programmed into a certain function and once there is very difficult to re-program? Are we expecting too much versatility from an individual dog to happen naturally? In herding, for example, does the selection for Haupthund and Beihund (sp?) (assistant dog) happen naturally? And if it is, can an assistant dog become a Haupthund with proper direction? Just curious.
Can someone who has watched the Bernhard Flinks new video on Building drive, Focus and Grip tell me if this video is for "ALL" dog handlers? What I mean to say is I am wondering if the advise and techniques on the tape would help an older dog, say 5 to 7 years old or does it really apply to a young pup or young dog?
I have not seen the video but I did attend his seminar recently. The dog he demonstrated with was his working police dog and trial champion and I believe he said that he got the dog when the dog was 3 or 4 years old. He re-trained the dog completely. So I think it is safe to assume that his technique works very well on older dogs as well as young ones.
I think what Brendan is saying is easily encapsulated this way: if a dog, through training and environment, has learned to be sucessful in its given task , why should it seek other avenue of sucess? ( from a clinacal view, these drives would appear dormant, however, not all together non-existant). This would also explain why these drives can be "tapped" after an extended period of time also.
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