I noticed in a previous post that you have the littermate to my female. I wanted to know if you were interested in sharing photos and stories about him.
I am new to this forum and am not sure exactly how everything works, I might need a little help. Please be patient with me.
I meant a strong bark later on.. Once he properly matures, I'm gonna have the helper surprise him "probably with a sudden stick hit or something" to get him confused and uncertain; this should bring out a defensive bark and will be immediately rewarded.
A prey bark now would be enough.. Even thought his is crazy for the sleeve, even more than for at tug.. I would tease and tease him.. Maybe he knows that when I get bored I'm just giving him a free bite. Should I just put the sleeve away next time.. Maybe teach him to bark for the sleeve that way?
Let me start by saying I have no protection dog training experience, however I have a lot of experience teaching dogs to bark for reward (in USAR - training an alert), and we use similar methods to elicit that first bark for the sleeve/tug/toy. In fact, most of our beginning prey/play work is exactly the same as what is traditionally used in protection work. I agree completely with Kevin on this. What's the hurry?
That being said, I have seen a few very high drive dogs that "overload" when teased with the toy and don't bark as a result. And some will just leap, lunge, dig and whatever else because they just don't get it yet. Sometimes you can use less teasing to get better results. Be creative, but overall be patient.
I think Kevin meant be patient for the "defensive bark" which I am. I just want to get him yapping on command <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I mean, at least teach him to bark so that I can maybe begin exploring the bark and hold in the next few months..
Any good examples or ways people used to get their dogs to bark.. "other than ring the damn doorbell which, as a matter of fact, I want to teach NOT to bark, cause it's annoying my neighbors..
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