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by judron55 on 10 November 2011 - 16:11
My boy and I do schutzhund....I have never attempted to change the behavior...he holds and barks...and has no problem engaging from the position so why mess with it.
by Prager on 21 November 2011 - 21:11
I think it could be
1. learned behavior if you work the dog on hold and bark on a long line tied to a post and are worried that he will jump high and flip back and land painfully on its back, thus you push on line down to prevent this accident from happening. Dog then learns that he can not jump up and will do what will enable him to discharge his prey drive and barks while laying down. Bowing then becomes habitual behavior. This is often predisposed by
2. genetics. I have a theory ( which I have read somewhere) that dogs/wolves in a pack have genetically predisposed drives to target different parts of the body of the prey from different direction. Some go for the throat some for neck some for the belly and some for heel some for tail. I believe that this targeting have inherited predisposition. ( look at blue heelers who bite heels of cows to move them) Thus this bowing is also possibly inherited way of targeting of the prey .
JMO
Prager Hans
1. learned behavior if you work the dog on hold and bark on a long line tied to a post and are worried that he will jump high and flip back and land painfully on its back, thus you push on line down to prevent this accident from happening. Dog then learns that he can not jump up and will do what will enable him to discharge his prey drive and barks while laying down. Bowing then becomes habitual behavior. This is often predisposed by
2. genetics. I have a theory ( which I have read somewhere) that dogs/wolves in a pack have genetically predisposed drives to target different parts of the body of the prey from different direction. Some go for the throat some for neck some for the belly and some for heel some for tail. I believe that this targeting have inherited predisposition. ( look at blue heelers who bite heels of cows to move them) Thus this bowing is also possibly inherited way of targeting of the prey .
JMO
Prager Hans
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