The Strike is an impartant part of the bite that a lot of people miss.
It is teaching the dog to strike at the sleeve, not just open their mouth and wait for the helper to give the sleeve to them.
The seesaw is a helpful tool to introduce the stick, because the dog is
preoccupied with the bite. Also, it helps keep the grip calm.
When the dog slips the sleeve the dog should come over the sleeve. To
be balance in the right drives the dog should target the man.
This video of obedience for bites exercise is only the first day for a young
dog. Many people have nice obedience when there is no distraction.
In the protection phase there is a lot of distraction and you need to
prepare your dog for that.
This is also a great exercise for speed on the courage test. We do 10
runaways for every frontal courage test.
Mark's training techniques:
Mark Chaffin has been in the sport of Schutzhund for over 30 years and titled his first dog in 1978. He is training director of High Plains SchH Club in Colorado, which started in June of 1990 and is a full member of the United Schutzhund Clubs of America.
Mark's club is a highly successful and competitive schutzhund training club that believes in training all three phases of the sport. He has club members that travel as far as 8 hours ONE WAY! - to train with him. Club members have moved from Maryland and Nebraska to be in High Plains SchH Club.Mark's schutzhund training style is similar to martial arts. He works with every level of dog from pet to serious competition dogs. We are not just cookie trainers.
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