[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: flanking/
- From: "Rachel Anderson" <gsdk9rat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:58:18 -0500
Flanking (grabbing a handful of flank and twisting and or yanking) is what
some do to get a dog to react in an "aggressive" manner (supposedly to show
"defense") because they do not know how to bring out (or, there is nothing to
bring out) the dog's defense drive.
I do not know a good evaluator who would do this to a dog. It's not necessary
in a good dog, it's pointless to push a dog who is sound and not defensive,
it's destructive to a weak dog or too young a dog.
All this "prey" and "defense" drive cracks me up...back when I started in
schutzhund, both were considered a weak dog's drives, because defense bites out
of fear and prey bites only something it perceives as weak.
The ONLY drive ever mentioned in a Koer (including GSDCA-WDA Koers), is FIGHT
drive. Fight drive is the willingness to overcome adversity time and time again.
;-) Passauf!
Rachel & the Ark
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if not more so, a question of the fitness of the leader." Max v Stephanitz
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