Michael West Webboard User Reg: 05-23-2007
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Alright so i have a question, someone in another forum posted a question:
"Anyone have some suggestions on how to teach a dog to be a good watch dog?
I had someone ask me about their 1 year old German Shepard that is very friendly and approaches people for petting and socializing. However, these parents want the dog to bark at strangers the walk by their house and not be so friendly.
How would you train this dog to be more of a watch dog?"
Alright and here was my reply.
First, to my understanding this is what the client wants:
-There dog to be less friendly
-To bark at home intruders
-But NOT be a attack dog
What the poster said above me i agree with, if you are going to train the dog to bark at the door when it is knocked on or the door bell then that is exactly what i would do. But honestly how many home intruders knock or ring the door bell? The dog needs to be trained to bark at people comeing through the window, people picking the lock, that kind of stuff.
Now lets move on and say that the dog has been trained to bark at the window, the suspect comes through the dog is barking. The suspect is going to stop look at the dog and see the dog sitting there wagging its tail, next the suspect will just pull out a knife and cut the dogs neck wide open.
Everything i said is possible, how likely i dont know but possible.
Thing that concern me:
-The client will get a false sense of security.
-You are training a subject matter that you do not have any experience with.
-High risk of the dog biteing someone
Things i want to see:
-The client go and get a home security system.
-You explain the positive and negitive to training the dog this way.
-If you wish to train this then go and work with another trainer for a while.
OK i completly lost track of where i was going with this....
Alright i will end this with this question.
Who here trains watch dogs?
What tasks to do you train the watch dogs on?
How do you train watch dogs?
Do you train watch dogs to attack? Why or why not?
Reg: 06-27-2007
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Loc: Orcutt, California
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The questions you ask are good, and I would like to know the answers myself. I know with my pup (8 mo.)when someone comes to the door, or he hears something and gets alert I tell him "Who's there" and then if he starts to bark I say "watch him" and we go see what the noise was/is. Once I have checked it out I will tell him "it's OK". If he still seems disturbed I tell him quiet. I always make him sit and stay before I open the door to people. I want him to know that he should alert & bark, but when I have checked it out, I make the decision on if it is OK or not. When he hears/sees something in the yard I will go check it out the same way. Sometimes he will even come in to get me and we will check it out together. I always have the door open when he is out back and keep a close eye on him. I have really no idea if this is good to do, it just seems right to me, who has no experience.
Maybe the confussion is in terms. Watch dog as opposed to guard dog. In my mind; a watch dog doesn't need training, they alert (as almost all dogs do naturally). Can't ask for more. Guard dog, on the other hand can be trained to alert and/or attack. I've know some trainers to teach no alert, but to wait until territory is envaded, nasty surprise that. 'To bad about that missing leg. Can I help you?'
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The training of a Good Watch dog.
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