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What is involved in evaluating a pup to see if it would be an acceptable candidate for a PPD?
My GSD pup is 5 mo, comes from German Working Lines (lots of SchH 1, 2 & 3 dogs in the lines). Both his grandfathers are German dogs, but you have to go back to his great grandparents to get all German Sires and Dams.
He has good prey drive, good tug drive, and is starting bite deep on the tug (I have a bite bar on the way). His nerves seem good, as he isn't feerful of anything so far - including loud and clanky noise from the machines in my shop and 9mm handgun fire.
He does however get his hackles up once in a while (VERY rarely) and bark at "Things" in the night. Not sure if that is an indicator of anything or not.
There is a local working dog kennel that offers PPD Training (I-Guard International), and they said they could evaluate him to see if he was suitable for PP, but I would like to have an idea of what I should be looking for before subjecting him to any training.
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006
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I don't know anything really, about ppd John, but your pup sounds like he's a nice 5month old. A little suspicion about things at night is fine. I think how he settles afterwords is what really matters.
I'll say a couple things, just my opinion mostly, but be very careful about letting someone agitate the heck out of and increase your pups suspicion of things when they don't really know what they're doing.
I'd look around a little more. I'm pretty sure you've got some qualified folks around there.
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Steve,
You mentioned my biggest reservation about finding a trainer. I really can't find much about I-Guard, but I do know that the owner participates in SchH.
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I've trained a couple of dogs in Personal Protection and you can not be too cautious.... The field seems to attract some marginal types.
That being said some of the hands down best dog people I have found have been in the field.
If you do not have experience with training dogs in protection I think I would start by going to a couple of schutzhund clubs. A lot of the foundation work is the same, and while you are having fun with your puppy and learning you may be able to get a handle on local trainers in personal protection.
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John,
I've written extensively about all things PPD over in that area of our forum here, it might be worth your time to view some of that stuff ( much of it is a "sticky", so it's at the start of those forum areas ), it could save you some time, money, and future heartache.
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Quote: john ralston
Steve,
You mentioned my biggest reservation about finding a trainer. I really can't find much about I-Guard, but I do know that the owner participates in SchH.
Viewing their website, most of here would call them a Showlines Kennel, they seem to be much more involved in the show area by what they've got on that site.
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