In Bernard's Preparing the dog for the Helper DVD, Bernard has a dog tied off to a fence and is demostrating to a guy how to go about building drive in his dog with a tug. Bernard's states that you must move the prey item (in this case a tug) fast so that the dog does not bark. The DVD at this point goes to another scene. My question is why do you not want the dog to bark? It looks as though this would build more drive in the dog if the dog was to bark. Any help in clarifying this for me is greatly appreciated. Thanks
You are tying to develope prey and gripping skills. This is really quiet work. Watch a dog that is barking at a helper but restrained, then have the helper move. The dogb will become quiet, unless it is hectic or defensive and this will be reflected in the grips.
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The goal at this stage of training is to teach a calm grip. Barking at the handler is "turned-on-nerves" its going to produce too much hectic behavior. When the dog can be worked in prey, released, comes to the handlers arm and holds calmly you can start to look at other steps in training. But if the dog will not do this then you should not skip ahead.
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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For Bernhard, dogs bark when you're still and the dog is in defense.
The dog is quiet when it is in prey drive.
This holds true for most ( not all, but close) of dogs.
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