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by loujolly on 27 June 2011 - 19:06
What line of GSD or what breed of dog do you have?
Working lines
What are you training your dog for? (breeding, just a fun activity for your pet, sport & competition?)
Sport & Competition, occasionally breed
What foundation training do you put on your puppy for the sport before they attend a club, or before training becomes more intense, and at what ages? (all phases)
Start with clicker and food for focus, then basic positions, do scent pads and play with a tug or rag to develop targetting and grip
What primary drive do you begin training your puppy in for the protection portion of the sport?
Prey
At what age do you take your dog to a club or helper for the first time?
7-8 weeks but we don't normally do much with the helper, just watching, may do a little rag work at 10-12 weeks
What do you specifically start your puppy or adult dog on when you take them to the club? (protection phase)
Rag work, targetting and grip
When do you first introduce any prey aggression or defense type training to your dog if at all? Why that age or why not at all?
When the dog is ready, between 9mths-18mths
What toy/tug do you start your dog on and when do you switch and what do you switch to until you reach the toy? (stories about different dogs trained different ways welcome)
We have a variety of tugs and balls and usually use different things in different sessions, I prefer ball, my husband prefers tugs
Do you as a handler allow your helper to decide what is best for your dog in training or do you call the shots?
Depends on the helper, my usual helper I trust completely or I wouldn't train with him
Do you use one helper or do you switch your dog between helpers?
Try to stick with one at least for the foundation work preferably until SchH1, but that doesn't mean we don't work on others, just that the main training is done by one
Do you allow your helper to do any sort of pain tolerance with your dog? while dog is in drive kick sides, pinch nose anything like that? why or why not? what benefits do you find for your choice?
Yes, it happens accidentally or intentionally, do must get used to physical work
Do you use the table for any of your training? If so what do you find beneficial about the table and what do you specifically work on?
Aggression work if necessary
At what age do you begin teaching parts of the routine such as bark and hold? or running into a blind for a bite?
Depends on dog, typically 12-20mths, usually later for the girls
At what age do you teach the hold command and work on the retrieves?
Clicker retrieve usually begins at 6-12 mths
What do you train obedience with, ball, tug, food (if food what kind?)
Ball, with youngsters I train with their food, usually chopped up chicken necks
What method do you train your retrieves in? force? positive reinforcement? prey/play?
Clicker retrieve, finished with electric NEPOPO
How do you introduce corrections to your dog?
A pop for not sitting when I ask, usually around 6-8mths
When do you begin training obedience to your dog? Do you use force or positive methods?
8 weeks
When do you lay your dogs first track? (what age?)
8 weeks for scent pads, around 12 weeks for serpentines
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Working lines
What are you training your dog for? (breeding, just a fun activity for your pet, sport & competition?)
Sport & Competition, occasionally breed
What foundation training do you put on your puppy for the sport before they attend a club, or before training becomes more intense, and at what ages? (all phases)
Start with clicker and food for focus, then basic positions, do scent pads and play with a tug or rag to develop targetting and grip
What primary drive do you begin training your puppy in for the protection portion of the sport?
Prey
At what age do you take your dog to a club or helper for the first time?
7-8 weeks but we don't normally do much with the helper, just watching, may do a little rag work at 10-12 weeks
What do you specifically start your puppy or adult dog on when you take them to the club? (protection phase)
Rag work, targetting and grip
When do you first introduce any prey aggression or defense type training to your dog if at all? Why that age or why not at all?
When the dog is ready, between 9mths-18mths
What toy/tug do you start your dog on and when do you switch and what do you switch to until you reach the toy? (stories about different dogs trained different ways welcome)
We have a variety of tugs and balls and usually use different things in different sessions, I prefer ball, my husband prefers tugs
Do you as a handler allow your helper to decide what is best for your dog in training or do you call the shots?
Depends on the helper, my usual helper I trust completely or I wouldn't train with him
Do you use one helper or do you switch your dog between helpers?
Try to stick with one at least for the foundation work preferably until SchH1, but that doesn't mean we don't work on others, just that the main training is done by one
Do you allow your helper to do any sort of pain tolerance with your dog? while dog is in drive kick sides, pinch nose anything like that? why or why not? what benefits do you find for your choice?
Yes, it happens accidentally or intentionally, do must get used to physical work
Do you use the table for any of your training? If so what do you find beneficial about the table and what do you specifically work on?
Aggression work if necessary
At what age do you begin teaching parts of the routine such as bark and hold? or running into a blind for a bite?
Depends on dog, typically 12-20mths, usually later for the girls
At what age do you teach the hold command and work on the retrieves?
Clicker retrieve usually begins at 6-12 mths
What do you train obedience with, ball, tug, food (if food what kind?)
Ball, with youngsters I train with their food, usually chopped up chicken necks
What method do you train your retrieves in? force? positive reinforcement? prey/play?
Clicker retrieve, finished with electric NEPOPO
How do you introduce corrections to your dog?
A pop for not sitting when I ask, usually around 6-8mths
When do you begin training obedience to your dog? Do you use force or positive methods?
8 weeks
When do you lay your dogs first track? (what age?)
8 weeks for scent pads, around 12 weeks for serpentines
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