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Doggyman
Mar 22, 2004, 11:40 PM
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Hi, I'm from Penang, Malaysia. Local i mean Malaysia....sorry to get u confused...... Prey is necessary for a sport dog, it is require to use this drive to train the dog without must pressure or the 'fun way'. Yes, you're right, a working line gsd shold breed with strong nerve, temperament, drives and etc........ I have to agree with Surchinmy, may be your breeder meant to be :- - obedient train the puppy the positive way or motivational training, rewards for the desireable behaviours only....eg, food, treat, praise the pup when she do the right think. - operant conditioning, like if the dog do the right think, then rewards, else no rewards. Remember not to purnish the dog at this point in time. Let her be a dog till about 10-12 months old before u proceed with the more formal OB training. In this way u r not ruin the pup's drive development. Generally u can bring up the pup in 2 ways :- 1. Like what i mentioned above, do more on control work, meaning obedient training from puppyhood to junior dog (10 - 12 months depend on bloodline, some could up to 18 months to get 'mature'). Protection, bite work all come ONLY when u have 101% control on the dog. If the dog has drive in it, it won't go away if u didn't correct him/her at the wrong timing. 2. Alternatively u can follow Flinks' way, which is doing drives promotion during puppyhood. For a new owner of working dog, if you're not sure what u r doing or promoting the wrong way, u will get a dog that belong to a trash. I'll tell you that much. I don't want to hurt her, but she's not getting the point. Again tonite, there was biting and gnashing and she goes off and sulks. Not a very loving puppy. Will this go away? U may want to tell her that u r the leader of the pack, so my 2 cents is u can bring her out to the new place that she never been to before and turn her around, the 4 paws face up and ur hand hold her on the chest and let her 'fight for trying to get out of that position'....some dog may just lay there as it is and some will fight for survivor.....so at the end, u need to hold her for like 5 to 10 seconds without her moving or fight back, the let her go off and praise her....this is to show her that u r the alpha and not her..... alternatively u can hold her neck and shake her gentle (strong enough) like how the mother bite the puppy's neck and shake when they did something wrong....a 7 weeks old pup should be able to warm/correct with this way....... I'm new in working GSD too, just got my pup 1 week ago, he is 15 weeks not, out of Warkos Anrebri x Fella z Pohranicni Straze CS. 100% czech product....he is showing defence drive now....what a suprise....and he has got prey and extreme food drive........u can check it out under Schutzhund Section under the thread 'Schutzhund Dog - The Making' Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
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