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Originally Posted by Skip  Letting you know. Well so far, it seems like a lot of working people have agreed with me, so there's some high percentage agreement in what I said. Since you seem to be in the lowest minority, I was going to ask you to back up YOUR logic, but I won't do that. |
Are you serious?
NO ONE has agreed with your statement that rottweilers can’t handle 2 sessions in bitework per week MAX due to Pressure. That is quite an ‘extreme’ stance to take. Your statement implies that that there is NO WAY a dog could do more than 2 sessions.. Period… It is very frustrating when someone can’t stick to the actual logic of the conversation and clouds it with faulty arguments.
Larry said “2 times a week is plenty of bite work “ and “if for no other reason than muscle repair and rest i like to do no more that 2-3 times per week regardless of the dogs desire to work”
I’m sorry, but I fail to see where he claims that a dog can’t handle more than 2x per week MAX due to not being able to handle pressure.
Matt said “2 times a week for protection for a Rott is more than enough”
Again, no where do I see that Matt said that a Rott can NOT handle more than 2x per week b/c the dog can’t handle the pressure.
So… I have yet to see ANYONE who has agreed with your initial statement that I commented on. Do you not understand the discussion we are having…? I have not stated that a rottweiler MUST have 5 times per week or that ALL can handle it… but that Rottweilers CAN handle more than 2x… especially a well bred working Rottweiler… they do exist…
But from my own personal household I currently have 4 rottweilers (ages 14 months to 9.5 years) that ALL can handle the pressure of more than 2X per week bitework sessions. Our good friend who trains with us has 3 rottweilers (ages 10 months to 5 years)… ALL of them can handle the pressure of more than 2X per week. I guarantee her SchH3 male who passed away 4 years ago could handle 7X per week and would welcome the opportunity. The 4 rottweilers that we trained w/ back at our club in CA also ALL could handle more than 2X per week… I’m sure I could scrape up plenty of other examples of rottweilers current and past who could handle the pressure of bitework more than 2x per week…
As for all your other comments after the one I quoted... this are all extra topics that weren't part of your original statement... and my response...
A final reminder of my original statement “Many a dog (including young green dogs) can handle 3-5 times per week” I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who would say that statement as a whole is FALSE, yet you have managed to dance around it.