CeeCee
Well-Known Member
So as Zeek and I were back at the vet this week, I had an opportunity to see Zeek's reaction to a perceived threat. Unfortunately, the perceived threat was the vet, but on the upside his reaction was not to bite. Instead he stood about 2 feet away from the vet, looked at her, and barked at her. (It wasn't a panic bark, but rather an alert bark.) [The trigger for Zeek's reaction was the vet calling my other dog, Lila, over to her and patting her leg.]
I had him muzzled so it gave me enough time not to panic, watch his reaction, and then figure out a way to bring him back to me without putting pressure on him and possibly causing him to go forward to the vet.
As I watched him, it reminded me of a Shutzhund trained dog and then I remembered that they have a command to out their dogs. That's exactly what I needed in that moment!
So here's my question...would you/have you trained your dog with an out command and if so how do you teach it? I'm doing some extra questioning of this as historically, Zeek has not been a confident dog, but that MAY be changing - I'm still observing this.
Thoughts? Things to consider before deciding to teach this command?
I had him muzzled so it gave me enough time not to panic, watch his reaction, and then figure out a way to bring him back to me without putting pressure on him and possibly causing him to go forward to the vet.
As I watched him, it reminded me of a Shutzhund trained dog and then I remembered that they have a command to out their dogs. That's exactly what I needed in that moment!
So here's my question...would you/have you trained your dog with an out command and if so how do you teach it? I'm doing some extra questioning of this as historically, Zeek has not been a confident dog, but that MAY be changing - I'm still observing this.
Thoughts? Things to consider before deciding to teach this command?