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Originally Posted by lblax  lets think this through does it make sense that they would have the guy that has little experience working the dogs that need the most training and can be screwed up the easiest???? |
Well it doesn't make a lot of sense to me but I have been in the habit of trusting the main helper blindly. He thinks my dog should be on a pole for drive and grip work with a pillow. This is confusing because the other people I have worked with say he doesn't need drive work and he's biting well on a sleeve.
USA judge Nathaniel Roque worked my dog a few weeks ago. He asked what my dog was biting and I said he's on a sleeve. But the main helper from our club said to use a pillow. Nathaniel, worked him with a pillow and then a sleeve and said he's ready for the sleeve. Yet after that the main helper in the club thinks my dog should be on a pole with a soft bite pillow and be worked by the helper who's in training to be a helper. When this inexperienced helper has worked my dog before the main trainer would yell out
"Don't just stand there in front of him, move the sleeve...move side to side....if you're tired throw or kick the sleeve."
Is this going to screw up my dog?
All I want to do is get titles on my dog but I'm confused about the progression of things. The guys I have been working with outside of the club have him doing exercises. The main helper from the club says my dog isn't ready for B&H or to run the blinds but if he does it then isn't he ready to do it?
How can a dog not be ready to run blinds if he runs around them on command? He'll run around anything I tell him to run around. Is this going to hurt him?
It's hard to believe that the helpers don't know what they are doing. The main helper whom I consider the training director though we don't officially have one, works big schH events like the ADWF next weekend.
I paid my dues in the club at the beginning of March. During the last session, I requested my money to be returned so that I could quit the club and just work with one group of guys to lessen the confusion but they said NO. So now I'm a member for a year, how do I know what my dog is ready for, I assume I should just trust the helpers.