Principles Flashcards
What is the overriding principle when teaching a dog to bite?
Why the dog is biting is more important than what they are biting.
Where does the dogs genetics to hunt and fight humans come from?
The dog in the wild that would be hunting to kill and eat something that would defend itself. They deliberately pursuit and aggressively provoke.
What should a Police dog be trained to expect?
That there could be a confrontation.
What can happen if we don’t prepare the dog for confrontation?
- The dog could fail.
- The dog may not be capable of Police work.
- The dog can put the handler at risk.
When a handler says a dog has it or doesn’t, what is “it”.
Fight drive
How should we approach training?
All dogs have the genetics being the hunting and fight drive of the predator.
What should police dogs thrive on?
The possibility of confrontation.
How should we teach the dog to manage confrontation?
Through training we gradually introduce the conflict and risks of combative situations.
How does the dog learn to deal with conflict and combative situations?
Introduce low levels of adversity that the dog can overcome by tapping into its genetic fight drives.
What are the limiting factors for the dogs ability in bite work?
- Training.
- Genetic thresholds to handle stress and adversity.
What is a limiting factor to commence real bite work?
Maturity
What is the minimum age to start bite work?
12 months
What role does maturity play in bite work?
Maturity activates drives and behaviours.
Under 12 month’s what is the problem with commencing bite work?
They are to immature to face true adversity with confidence.
What role does training play with drives and behaviours?
TRAINING promotes and solidifies them
