Glad the flooding worked for you.
Single event learning (one toss in the water)can be good or bad depending on the dog. Toss one pup in the water and the dog may love it. Another pup and it could create a serious aversion.
Drop a broom next to one pup and it may avoid brooms forever. Another dog and it may start knocking brooms over.
Chancy at best!
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Glad Bob came up with a better fitting term to describe this event. I was struggling with "flooding" because of all of the desensitizing and chaining that Ian had done as a foundation. IMHO, there comes a time when, if an experienced handler/trainer does everything he can to prepare a dog that will be depended upon in life-or-death situations and the dog still hesitates, the dog must be given an ultimatum. If that is too traumatic for the dog, the dog is not suited for that discipline.
In order to compare apples to apples, we must remember that the consequences are different for sport-trained dogs than they are for actual working dogs. A sport trainer cannot afford to risk damaging relationships. A working handler must be confident that his dog will perform in the face of peril.
Of course, my feelings would be different if we were discussing a dog that the handler had not raised and bonded with. To give an unknown, unproven dog an ultimatum is foolish and dangerous.
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Re: flooding works !
[Re: ian bunbury ]
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