Angel
I would like to start saying that you shall never go in and train protection work without knowleadge and an very experinced trainer.
A dog no matter what breed is very easy to destroy. This goes for all breeds, I have seen to many dogos getting easy destroyed in this type of work, far more then german shepards, rottwilers, dobermanns and so on in working breeds.
[blockquote]What is a good way to transition her focus?[/blockquote]
Ask a experianced figurant that has worked a lot with dogos, they can tell you the right things you need to work with.
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Nice - I would like to see more focus on the man and not the sleve though. Good one anyway. -
Thanks, I was wondering what are some good ways to do that. Someone who titled a dogo in schutzhund told me not to pressure her for the first little while and not to try her defense. What is a good way to transition her focus?
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Nice Dogo! :D 8)
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I would like to start saying that you shall never go in and train protection work without knowleadge and an very experinced trainer. A dog no matter what breed is very easy to destroy. This goes for all breeds, I have seen to many dogos getting easy destroyed in this type of work, far more then german shepards, rottwilers, dobermanns and so on in working breeds. [blockquote]What is a good way to transition her focus?[/blockquote] Ask a experianced figurant that has worked a lot with dogos, they can tell you the right things you need to work with. -
Looks fun Does she hit the sleeve on command?
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Whiteghosts, Thanks for the advice, we are keeping the stress low and only working her in prey drive. To her it is just tug so far. The trainer in the photos is quite experienced and did a good job of getting her going after the sleave. Angel, it is way more fun than basic OB, I can tell you that. I don't know if she will hit it on command yet but I am sure it will be easy to train into her. It was kind of a suprise for her just be able to put her mouth on the sleave so intensity will come more with her being used to biting bigger things.
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Who is the trainer, somebody that is holding lessons in high level? I just like to know because we train protection with 2 of our dogos and it is so hard to find a figurant that is good enough and understands the dogo perfect.
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THe trainer I have been using trains for a his living. He has done a lot with Rotties and Presas (and of course GSDs and Mals) but not too much with dogos. He has done good with her though and he is open to hearing what is breed specific to dogos and learning more about thier temp.
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Intresting with Presas. Does the trainer have homepage? It is always nice to see work of figurants. How does the trainer think about the dogo in this work? What is his oppinions when they work in the diffrent drives?
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He likes the Dogos for a bully breed but they are not as apt as a herder. As for his opinion on working her on different drives, we only worked her in prey drive so we don't know about her defense or fight drives. On a side note as she matures I have noticed her being more alert out in the yard and starting to bark a little more but she still absolutely adores kids. His website is communicanine.
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[quote=zoey]Someone who titled a dogo in schutzhund told me not to pressure her for the first little while and not to try her defense. What is a good way to transition her focus?[/quote] That depends on if you want to trial her or if you simply want her to do PP work. IMHO if she's already exhibiting prey drive on the sleeve, depending on her age and experience, cultivate that for a while. Then slowly transition to an alert on command, then passive alert, hidden decoy jumping out (yet still working to trigger prey drive). Doing things like this are not only will not only be a solid basis for sport work but are also good exposure to possible "real" PP scenarios (someone jumping out from behind a blind/bush/tree/car/etc.)
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Thanks Xamen, I would have to travel too far for sport, so PP would be better for me. As far as an alert command, if I say "where is it" in an alert tone, she will go crazy looking for something. What are some good alert commands?
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[quote=zoey] What are some good alert commands?[/quote] Any word can be used as any is as good as the next, providing the training to associate it with the desired action is done correctly. Most people (and I agree with this very much) usually use commands that are words they normally don't say in normal converation, or are in another language. Some that I've heard used are: Pas Auf! (German for "Watch Out") Achtung! (German for "Attention") Watch it! (or Watch Him) Alarm!
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GET THAT Motha Freaker....lol
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