The problem with previous training was (from the trainer we bought him from) he was challenged to be aggressive, the more aggressive the better appraise he got. The reason why I took him to schutzhund club because I spoke with the trainer there, who told me that we need to desensitize him / calm him off a little bit because he was too alerted. I did private sessions with him for about a month and the trainer welcame us to the schutzhund club afterward, but since then the training has been on and off because of some events that conflicts with the schutzhund club schedule and plus I was honestly kind of pissed off because everytime I go to schutzhund club, my dog only plays in the field for about 10 minutes and I had to pay $30 each time. I have been going to club on and off about 6-8 times, and so far it's the same kind of training over and over for 10 minutes. It makes me feel that going there is a waste of money while I can play tug o war with him myself.
What do you guys think? Did you (who did schutzhund training for the dog) think that whatever I did up there make sense or should I keep going to schutzhund club?
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Originally Posted by Jax08
Definitely work on obedience and your bond. He has to trust you. I wouldn't let him off leash in an area where there are other people yet.
Remember that you are undoing many years of "protection" training. Apparently, he was trained to attack without the obedience training? A personal protection dog should still have obedience and wait for a signal before attacking so I'm a bit confused on what exactly he was trained in.
My friend had a dobie that was personal protection trained. His signal was if the other person laid a hand on her and then he was trained to grab the arm..never a full out attack. The one time he did protect her he took off a potential rapist ear...wasn't hard to find him in the ER.
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