| Re: Looking for a Schutzhund Rotti...
nerves is abilty to handle pressure or stress. Imagine being in the middle of street and an exlposion goes off near you. Some people run away screaming, other will freeze and shut down completely, while others will be cover their ears and say "whoa that was close and continue on", a battle hardened soilder will cock his rifle and run towards the source - it's just another day's work to them.
Imagine another scenerio, you're walking down a street and you see two suspicious guys with bats. Some folk keep on walking unphased by the guys, other will turn and quickly walk away, other will reach in their pocket for a knife, ready for a fight. That same guy that has no issues fighting two guys with his fists or knife might turn and run at the sight of a third guy or he may have strong enough nerves that it would take five guys.
Everything has a breaking point. For my dog, as you get frontal on him with a stick, he gets more aggressive but might be looking for a place to run to just in case (edgy), I have another dog where if the same man were to look at her with a stick in his hand she would run (nerve bag). A dog with strong nerve wouldn't be bothered, doesn't look for a place to run anbd believe he will win the fight.  |