pitbullpony
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Went out the other night with both girls. Kim is not intended for any sport work; and because she's very late maturing bitch; I've actually not expected much from her in the protection department. She'll bark and fuss; but hasn't really shown that she might think of someone as a bad guy.
Kim has been agitated 2 times so far. The first time with a wonderful trainer; Owen Tober. She has no prey drive; so he had to get her angry before she would react to him; that time she carried the bite roll he was using off the field.
Second time she was agitated by Bernhard Flinks. Again; no reaction to the bad guy; she just stuck her paws in her pockets and ignored him. He had to really press her; get her really angry and then she reacted to him.
This time was a wee bit different. She still carries no suspicion onto the field, and I told this decoy (a friend) not to expect a bite; but wear a sleeve and feed it to her if needed. Ha, freakin', ha. She started barking as soon as he got close (he didn't have to play too bad a guy), he got close enough for her to chase him a bit; he fed her the sleeve (which she tried to go over top of), he threw the sleeve for her to chase; she sniffed it once then blasted in his direction -- me thinks she remembers her episode with B. Flinks; yay!!!!!
Dora is a bit different. I want to see if she'll play the game. She will with me; she'll chase a rag, chase a bite roll, bite, tug, very solid on the bite; very relaxed on the bite; but whenever the decoy wants to play; she looks at him like he's insane.
All in all a successful session, Kim will bite; won't take too much and Dora will bite; but we won't be working on that for some time yet; she's a little young to get angry.
Kim has been agitated 2 times so far. The first time with a wonderful trainer; Owen Tober. She has no prey drive; so he had to get her angry before she would react to him; that time she carried the bite roll he was using off the field.
Second time she was agitated by Bernhard Flinks. Again; no reaction to the bad guy; she just stuck her paws in her pockets and ignored him. He had to really press her; get her really angry and then she reacted to him.
This time was a wee bit different. She still carries no suspicion onto the field, and I told this decoy (a friend) not to expect a bite; but wear a sleeve and feed it to her if needed. Ha, freakin', ha. She started barking as soon as he got close (he didn't have to play too bad a guy), he got close enough for her to chase him a bit; he fed her the sleeve (which she tried to go over top of), he threw the sleeve for her to chase; she sniffed it once then blasted in his direction -- me thinks she remembers her episode with B. Flinks; yay!!!!!
Dora is a bit different. I want to see if she'll play the game. She will with me; she'll chase a rag, chase a bite roll, bite, tug, very solid on the bite; very relaxed on the bite; but whenever the decoy wants to play; she looks at him like he's insane.
You can just see the amusement in her eyes. First time she stood and looked at him, second time (last night), she played with him a couple times; but as soon as she realized I wasn't playing with her; she stopped. We played a few times; same deal, I back-tied her for a little drive building; and when I had her going good; I let him step in; as soon as she got that it wasn't me (I was standing behind him); she sat down and ever so politely turned her head away; nope; I'm not playing with you. It was interesting (the decoy is very used to the mali's, dutchies, and GSDs; who ALWAYS want to play); he says to me; she's very soft, a very friendly dog. I don't think he caught the eye-flick she gave him while he was dancing in front of her trying to feed her the bite roll. She gets annoyed when strangers mess with her; she's got about a 10 minute window of tolerating your utter stupidity; then she's done. I noticed the eye flick, I'm not sure he got it; however he must have felt something; 'cause just after the eye flick he stopped bugging her; gave me the roll; and said take her out and play with her some.Who are you again? I'm sorry do I know you. Hey Mom; look over here; a guy who thinks he knows how to play the game?
All in all a successful session, Kim will bite; won't take too much and Dora will bite; but we won't be working on that for some time yet; she's a little young to get angry.