dtala
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these folks buying Mals and Dutchies, for the most, have no idea of how much time and patience it takes to train out one of these dogs.
Very truethese folks buying Mals and Dutchies, for the most, have no idea of how much time and patience it takes to train out one of these dogs.
I'd love one but I know I don't have the time to dedicate to them. Patience isn't a problem but time is. Their wonderful dogs for people that know how to work them.these folks buying Mals and Dutchies, for the most, have no idea of how much time and patience it takes to train out one of these dogs.
We had some great retriever trainers come to a kennel where I was doing my contractor work in Afghanistan. They found out those pointy eared dogs were a lot more apt to bite vs the retrievers, in one week all of them took trips to the ER.Patience, planning, practice and persistence (repetition). Other than that, training a dog is easy. Even a caveman could do it.
It just takes TIME!
Those pointy eared dogs will nibble and not feel bad about it. Haha I caught a 60 pound Dutch Shepard one day that was a Ranger Batt dog and thought he was going to crush the sleeve. The PA from Penny Aid Station (I wish I could remember his name, some kind of Hispanic name) made the comment "that dog gets much bigger I'll be taking care of broken arms." It's truly a spectacular sight to watch those working dogs really work.We had some great retriever trainers come to a kennel where I was doing my contractor work in Afghanistan. They found out those pointy eared dogs were a lot more apt to bite vs the retrievers, in one week all of them took trips to the ER.
My K9 instructor days we had students on leashed buckets teaching proper commands and techniques prior to ever touching a dog.
DoD even saw fit to give us a couple "green" dogs to certify patrol/narc detection dogs on students in each class, that was an adventure
Had a dog at Lackland named Leon, they said he was a mal, but probably weighed 110 pounds. He was a narcotic detection training aid dog and had his own separate kennel and he came from border patrol. Leon didn't have hardly a tooth in his head and when you fed him, you had to watch and pull his stainless steel pan or he would crush it flat, the manager had a stack of the "With love, Leon" was written on all of them.We had a few handlers that wore casts on their forearms after getting sleeves crushed. When your radius and ulna are stacked, they can be cracked. Don't take that much pressure.
I was doing a kids demo at Ft Belvoir and had one get me though a bite suit. Dog's name was Arrow and it fit him to a T, would launch about 10 ft out on you.Those pointy eared dogs will nibble and not feel bad about it. Haha I caught a 60 pound Dutch Shepard one day that was a Ranger Batt dog and thought he was going to crush the sleeve. The PA from Penny Aid Station (I wish I could remember his name, some kind of Hispanic name) made the comment "that dog gets much bigger I'll be taking care of broken arms." It's truly a spectacular sight to watch those working dogs really work.
Must have been a Malagator. They launch and hit you on their way down like a sack of concrete. Most shepherds launch up on you from close quarters.I was doing a kids demo at Ft Belvoir and had one get me though a bite suit. Dog's name was Arrow and it fit him to a T, would launch about 10 ft out on you.
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It was, about 75 pounds.Must have been a Malagator. They launch and hit you on their way down like a sack of concrete. Most shepherds launch up on you from close quarters.
I got to see quite a few beast in my 15 years doing it, little dogs always seemed to have something to prove.I had a 18month old male Malinois, weighed 105. He would crush a sleeve, had a **** of a hold.
I saw a video of a 100# Mal owned by a dog importer in Miami. Dang dog on a bite would swoop in real low till he was at your feet then come straight up into your face. Owner had a standing offer that anyone who could stay on their feet catching him could take him home. He still owned it last I heard.
Successive approximation.I’ve watched to many Seal Team / Special Forces movies. I’ve always wondered how you train a dog to jump out of a plane attached to its handler.
Jump or climb, we had an overhang of 2 plain wires on the inside to try to stop them from getting outAbout normal for one. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/sLPqmpQX2Edd8pj2/?mibextid=YlDasU