25/07/2025
Dear dog sport friends!😀
By popular demand, I’m now sharing this video here on Facebook as well. It’s been up on my Instagram for about a day, and even though it’s considered “too long” by social media standards, it has already received thousands of views and a lot of appreciation which I’m truly grateful for! 🙏
I’d now like to give those of you who don’t use Instagram the chance to watch it too.👊
Enjoy and feel free to comment!
Share your thoughts, reflections, and keep the conversation going in your clubs! 😀
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📽️ Watch the full video for your sake and your dog’s. And it’s long 😀👊🙏
To get the most out of it, watch the entire clip and take in the full message.
What I want to show here is that a dog with dominant traits in guarding can still maintain a calm, firm and stable grip. These are not opposites it’s all about balance.
💡 When you start protection training typically when the dog is just over a year old it’s crucial that you incorporate the emotional game from the very beginning.
If you only appeal to prey and play drive, that’s where your dog will stay. And trying to change that later in the process is much more difficult.
🧠 It’s not about using special tricks or tools. You can evoke emotion in your dog through mystique, pressure (mainly psychological, but also physical), right from the start in the guarding, in the entry, in the sleeve work….
🗣️ One more key point:
In the long attacks we want prey drive, not aggression.
But during the outs? That’s when we want the dog to switch back to dominance and defensive drive.
It’s in that shift that the protection dog truly grows.
🎯 Watch the video. Reflect. Train with purpose. Feel free to comment..👍
Good luck!