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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