| I let my dogs do what they want until they are about a year old. I let them win, win, win, win. I work on attention, tracking, and tug a war games. I don't give any commands that would require a correction if the dog failed to comply. I play game after game to build drives. I have full confidence that I can handle the dog regardless of how strong he becomes.
This is not the best advise to the pet owner that has limited experence in dog behavior. For sport the dog is going to need a much confidence as posible to reach levels required to be a good sport dog. To have enough drive to still be zipping around when it comes time for the retrieves and send away, the dog is going to need in crazy drives. Any deminishing of those drives will hurt performance, corrections will deminish drives.
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"A dog believes you are what you think you are", Jane Swan |