Prey drive - Page 2

She is my dog bought her. imported from the Czech republic by a friend of mine

Yeah if she's accepted you as a handler you can really push it as a helper I think. If not, doesn't matter much either because you'd make it more real. If she has accepted you try having someone else do the work and put the pressure on her...just make sure to mark and reward and not push for constant barking quite yet.

Thanks BW I'll get back to u tomorrow evening and let u know how I get on 👏

Are you trying to get her to bark at a "Helper" as in Protection and if so is she in Drive when you're doing this?

So many times and particularly with young dogs it's a matter of the dog being in Higher Drive and can't relax enough to be able to bark...

Sometimes if you take away the Stress of the action...she will bark...

Have you taught your dog to bark away from the "Helper" for instance for her food or for a toy...then you can mark it with a name...and whenever she barks for you use this name...

~Bob~

Im assuming this is a puppy?

it is nice if you have a group of younger dogs to do this with, but not required. The helper has the flirt pole with the rag on the end. Teasing the puppy as you are encouraging him. the slightest bit of noise gets the reward. The puppy will start to understand that it doesn't get rewarded until it makes a noise. This is always easier if you have a group of young dogs and the helper in the middle. Sometimes the other barking dogs help the less vocal. Before you know it, you will be annoyed at how your dog wont shut up for anything. After you get him to start, you can do it yourself with toys, etc with a command.   Once they understand that their bark gets the reward, it is automatic.

Thanks for all your help and suggestions. BE I put her up on a table with in about 2 minutes got a bark marked and reward as I would normally do caught on very quickly . Some new knowledge picked up and added to my bag of tricks thanks again😉

I was going to suggest the table, I had a male very similar that I took to Mike Diehl many years ago, we did the same thing and brought out the bark and dog became very successful K9 who wouldn't shut up in police car in later years....lol.

Very nice, leave her on the table for a while until the barking gets consistent and good. You will probably have a little set back once you get on the ground, some people will use boards to help the transition. But once you get to that just ask and I'm sure someone can help you figure out how to transition.

Bw thanks