Friday, 18 August 2017

Yes, indeed. We have some dogs with fight drive and ability to take pressure here. Some dogs get tested pretty hard (which is good, especially for proofing real-world security/protection dogs, and definitely for testing dogs which may be used to breed police, security and protection dogs). That's great and needed, but not for all dogs. We've (almost!) ended up where everyone just wants the toughest, driviest dog- and control, thinking and other factors are (were?) in danger of going out the window. Another factor with ONLY doing hard testing, with physical and environmental pressure, and doing it TOO MUCH, is that 1) not all dogs are suited to that or need it 2) even some dogs that do well end up a bit fucked up from getting bashed up so many times- even if they do generally fight through the pressure, get the bite and 'win' (I suspect some dogs end up thinking that 'survive' is the better word, and begin to lose interest in repeatedly doing that...). So, I and others are making efforts to widen the work programs here, add social stability work and tests, obedience and control and some more varied, fun but also realistic scenario training. A lot of the time, especially in the UK where firearms still aren't that commonplace, a good old fashioned snapping, snarling dog doing a good display will 'do the job' in protection, and as a security handler we need to be aware of the scrutiny of the law and all the cameras about, etc.

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