Did a session of agitation work with helper.
My rottweiler was barking well and showing good drive behind a waist height wire fence.
From there we went to an open space, even though my dog has a harness on he stills chokes himself bringing down his drive.
This boy of mine is powerful and he pulls.
How do I avoid this? Have tried 3 different harnesses. Or should I use some sort of small barrier like Bart Bellon dose on a couple of his youtube videos, may have spelt his name wrong.
Need ideas.
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Notice that the harness Steve linked does not have a strap across the chest, similar to a tracking harness. I heard ME mention this in a video, and it is key to not bringing down drive.
Hi Steve
To answer your question, 100% sure we are not getting carried away with agitation.
My first harness I bought was a leather one with breast plate from another maker not leerburg , looks identical .
The other harness is called the old school agitation harness with the chest strap.
The leerburg harness may have a bit more padding on breast plate.
I see the german shepards using just the two inch collar which I have also tried but no luck. Have you seen anyone using the small barriers so the dogs not pulling at all ?
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The small fence is a barrier. So you're working on a hold and bark Brent? I've seen video of boxes used to teach different positions, but I can't find them used for a hold and bark.
I have seen different types of place boards used, but the closest I see with Bart Bellon is this video with a mat:
If you havent seen that video, it will give you some good tips on the h&b. See how they stimulate and calm? I think thats where you're running into trouble. Thats what I meant by carried away with the agitation. If he's choking himself out, especially on a harness, its time to stop and teach him to cap himself. They can't go redline the whole time.
As far as the mat or place board goes, the best use of it I've seen has two lines on the dog. One on the harness and one on a prong. It takes some coordination with a tight line on the harness and then a tight line on the prong to guide him into the correct position, but even that is dependent on your dog and how he sets up in front, its not as easy as it sounds.
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