I totally understand. At this point there is no timeline for anything. Although I am entered to do a BH at the end of April is doesnt mean that I will show up.
I brought the dog out for a group of dog guys to evaluate. They all agreed the stress was in the OB they judged by watching his body language. I trained OB several times a day since he was 8wks old. We've been tracking 2-3/wk and Protection 2-3 times per week. So I'm dialing it back, with the exception of the front with dumb bell his OB is there for a sch1 routine. I need to tighten up a few things but all in all too much too fast for a young dog. I'm reminded he's a rottie, not a malinois.
"With rotties you can pound on em all day with a 2x4 but correct them too much and at the wrong time and they will shut down"
I'm not going to seriously train OB until a week before the BH, thats almost an entire month. He knows how to heel, sit and platz and his long down is stellar. What more is there to teach for the BH? It doesn't have to be sharp anyway. I might be better served just walking him around at the mall to prepare for the traffic portion of the BH.
This is the plan, almost no OB (exceptions are sit, fuss, platz etc for his bowl of food) go light on the protection and keep at it with tracking. He loves to track and he loves to bite. The helper will keep everything as prey prey prey and keep the sessions very short. I find no stress in eating sliced hot dogs on a mound of dirt.
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Originally Posted by laurlitt  When a dog shows the stress in any phase (tracking, obedience, or protection) it doesn't mean that is the phase that is causing him the stress... Being overworked/trained all around can show up as stress in any phase.... A dog being forced received may be showing the stress in tracking or a dog being worked hard on the track may show the stress in the grip, etc...
Although you could be overworking him in obedience... it could be coming from anywhere... or the cumulation of all training... so my advice still holds... don't rush (in any phase)... and overall... don't be in a rush to get that BH so soon... |