Personal Protection???

Question

I want to know which drive should my dog be in for training and what is the best drive for a dog while working?

Answer 1

St. Lady, please allow me to answer these questions for you. Assuming that you have the right dog for protection training, and that the dog is the right age, he should start his training by being worked in his prey drive. I usually start my puppies in prey work at a very young age, 8-10 weeks. At this time they need to learn through play/prey behavior that this can be fun. They learn how to bite a tug and hold it properly and they learn how to win the tug and carry it. The same behaviors that they would learn in the wild. Kill the prey and carry it away. All of this work can be done by the handler. It is a game for the dog and they enjoy it immensely. Once the puppy learns how to bite and carry the tug you can switch to a puppy sleeve and use that until the dog is a young adult. It is very important that the dog learns about the FULL MOUTH BITE and how to counter properly before going further. Countring simply means that the dog bites deeper and fuller when he feels the prey slipping away. When the dog is about 18-24 months and has learned to bite properly in prey drive, it will be time to teach it about defense drives. DO NOT START a dog that is not fully mature in defense work because you will cause more harm then good. All defense is based on fear and the dog will act in self defense in that drive. That is where a good helper who can read the dog comes in handy. He can swing the dog from one drive to the other without ever pushing it into avoidance. The dog must learn to bite in defense if it is to be relied upon for protection. The exact way to do that is too long to get into here and I do not know who is reading this, so I will not get into it, but if you email me I will tell you how to go about it. Once the dog bites in defense and providing he has the right genetics you can teach him about fight drive. A dog in fight drive is a lot easier to control then a dog in prey or defense. A dog in fight drive fight because he enjoys combat, not because he feels scared for his life. Again, please feel free to email me for specifics about the details of what I just described here. Finally, the dog, when actually working must view the "bad guy" as such, a person that can and will hurt him, if he does not nutrilize the threat, not in a way that this a game and the bad guy is a freind and the sleeve becomes the dog's primary object of interest. You must make sure that the dog a now civil, meaning that he must be going after the man, and not the equipment. I hope I have helped.

Answer 2

drive? I'm sorry I don't really understand what you're asking.

If I'm assuming correctly you're asking about state of mind?! A dog will respond instantaneous when it comes to a job. Training or working - it's all a game to the dog and the outcome is usually the reward.

If you're asking what dog has the best trait for training it just depends on what kind of training. Any dog can be well trained in obediance with enough patience and consistancy. Search and Rescue - hounds tend to be the winner though any dog can be trained and a great search and rescue dog. Hunt training - well there's a whole breed set aside for that (the sporting breed).

There isn't a perfect dog for protection. All dogs will protect the alpha and their home from an intruder or emergency. It just depends on how much damage you want to invoke. i.e. size of dog etc.

Good Luck

Answer 3

A dog needs to have moderate to high play drive or ball drive, the same is true for prey drive. You need to have a dog that is very sure of himself as well. Drives are not everything here, the dog needs to be able to be worked for protection without being fearful.

Answer 4

Friend,

The best personal protection dog is the one that does not need protection training. Some dogs are just natural guardians.
To name but a few:
Number One: Akita. (no doubt about it)
Number Two: Rottweiller (Who would mess with them)
Number Three: Doberman (Scary looking dogs)
Number Four: Rhodesian Ridgeback (These are not the toughest of dogs but I have come across two that would not hesitate to take you out)
Number Five: Shar Pei (These dogs are crazy)
Number six: Staffordshire Bull Terriers. (These will defend to the death.

Answer 5

Medium or Moderate drive. Sniffer dogs are usually high drive, on the go constantly.

Answer 6

I don't know what 'drive' means in the context which you are using it.

Answer 7

Need more details

Answer 8

when me and my fiance fight, which isnt very often, his dog goes after him not me but its mainly his fault so maybe the dog can tell who's fault it is ??????????

Answer 9

hmm, im confused

Answer 10

What do you mean by drive? Can you give more details please? Thanks!