01-05-2014, 08:53 PM
montana Wrote:You would be surprised how dogs actually behave the first time in training. Most people think they have a bad-a$$ dog only to find they run away...LOL. They need training.
"Just like people," LOL
I used to work with K-9's and was going to post this same thing, but didn't really want to hurt anyone's pride in their dogs.
A really good example for me was dealing with a particular breed that is the most sought after attack/assault dog, namely the Belgian Malinois. This dog had been trained from infancy to be a killer, but had been out of a good training cycle over the winter when his owner/handler came to demo him for us.
Malinois are satan's spawn when it comes to this sort of thing, and will tear people's throats out on command. We had a hard time getting this dog into his niche, because he hadn't trained over the winter. I had to really antagonize him while in the bite suit, and even then, he was slow to start, not interested in really performing. He did sneak in a leg slash on me that I didn't notice until the evening, and he would head butt you with the back bone on his skull if the owner shocked him.
It often take$ dedication and continual training with certain breed$ of dog$ if you are going to maintain a reliable K-9 security posture that will follow and execute your commands with strict obedience.