Don't Pet My Puppy...confused? - Page 6

Destiny:

I have never seen any policemen I worked with just let STRANGERS or even the city council men pet their dogs.

IT is known in any community that An apprehension pd dog is for that. IT is known that a Trained Patrol dog is just that.

THE sign on my truck says   CAUTION K9  on all doors and  my tailgate..WHY///because I do not want strangers petting my dogs..

Reason:   ALL my dogs are socially well trained but the people petting the K9's I own may not be trained/????

FUNNY?  to me yes. I am sure Jim and ANYONE  here with dogs that are completely trained, all know what I mean..cannot count how many time unleashed dogs, kids screaming and people who do not know how to pet a german shepherd  , walk fast as they can up to one of our dogs, and get stopped by me, with " I am sorry but OSCAR is not to be petted..HE is a trained k9 and he may bite if you do not honor or respect his wishes..".

You know why?? Most strangers or people out and about think you go pat a dog on top of head...and some people have fear in their approach and our dogs smell it and sense it and it could and would not be wise to let JUST ANYONE  you personally do not know pet your dogs. Puppies do not need to be out in public to be petted unless they have their shots completed and then be selective.

ANIMAL control would never ever ask me to touch any dog I own...I am known and my dogs are known in any community I am in,,,my reputation is enough that no Animal Control has reason to touch my dogs.  THE only reason any animal control would touch a dog would be to remove it with a net or a tranquilizer gun if it was rabid or bit someone.

My dogs are muzzled for my safety at the vet..Even though only two males I have would maybe turn up a lip or two. I do not want the responsiblity of my dogs biting the hand that would heal them

YR

YR i had no idea u are a k9 man


how many dogs do you have?

Destiny":  I am a lady....I worked with gal Co SO in their dog program under Head K9 officer, and with Harris Co SO> and my dog Konig above was on Consignment with the dog Trainer, who stole him and we prosecuted him along with 3 felonies involving Deputy of Gal Co SO who had stolen from him 4 of my pups we trained for selling to a dept.
I worked with a Detective Agency out of Houston after I spent 3 yrs training and working along side many apprehensions, night trackings , with me going in my truck ,which above you see one of there signs supplied by SO for my welfare and others..Many times , after training, we would stop at stores for refreshment or on the way out of park...older people or kids would run up to our vehicles and once an older lady claimed she fell in a hole and sprained her ankle because our dogs jumped in cages and at the window of our trucks when inside the cab.

The K9 officers were supplied with magnetic signs for all our vehicles and me included..

I spent 5 yrs and when I moved to East Texas I trained with the Captain of Shreveport Fire Station 4, retired now and former dog trainer of many years..He knew Larry Filo who I imported my foundation female from

I continued training here with officers of Local dept who have one of my dogs in a personal home not on force.

I have 8 germans left of which 3 are trained fully and the others are trained in same venue everyone elses dogs are....my body guards and companions..

I was never certified by the PI company because I have 4 spinal vertebraes that kept me from passing any kind of over the fence ,  under the bar and hurdle  a 8 foot A frame or scale a wall..

SO I just enjoyed the part I did do and I sure learned a lot.. I was taught to track with a certified Texas Narcotic officer in the Harris CO SO.. Robert Dodd...he taught me more than I could have learned from any sport club, which I did train in for 2 yrs in Houston , Spring Valley..

Being single for all these years I have learned from many schutzhund trainers, breeders and one or two of them ride this board.
No matter what you do with your bloodlines, there is a place for everyone to learn from so many people but I do not recommend learning from anyone that has not gotten the Schutzhund background and served in some kind of Police Training program. I bred three of my females to Camerons Gator who is the son of Orthos v Tiekerhook of our great member of PDB Greg Mominee., and a recipient of many top National Police DOG championships, and was the Aprehension K9 for Gal. CO. SO.

Now you know a few more things about K9 YR..  I am known back home as the K9 lady and the HAT Lady...

YR

let people pet your puppy.   Be happy it is confident enough to approach peopple.  Just dont correct it for jumping up on people or pushing them around. 

When the dog matures you can ask people not to pet your dog.  More than likely it will become more alloof on its own. 

Over 90% of people who start sch do not stick with it for more than a year.  Much of the remaining people only do it socially.  The serious people who keep thier dogs away from people from a young age are still probably just pattern training their dogs as obedience for the protection portion anyway.

Yeah, let people pet your puppy, you dont want to end up with problems later.






 

I don't care if people pet my dogs. This one likes to be petted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqdCAYsKqSE&list=UUb45RtXpkX4Sk2yR7sPUY-g&index=29&feature=plcp  Bites nice anywhere anytime.

Upper body http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUn1wxCfDJM&list=UUb45RtXpkX4Sk2yR7sPUY-g&index=45&feature=plcp

I have an older male that hates to be petted by people so I tell people to leave him alone. It's all about the dog in the end. Maybe people think they can change the dogs brain. Two of the guys I train with are cops in the city, one of the dogs has multible apprehensions and that dog is really social. Meeting  a few dogs that actually work and aren't nervous really changes how you look at it. There's one cop that tells me not to look his dog in the eye, I crack up every time. I"M in the suit! I have to look at your dog to catch him. Nervous dog and nervous handler, the nervous dogs obedience is zilch. The social dog is a machine.

I'll bet people pet this dog all the time, watch Flinks surprise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d73tfwfi4E&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLAB900968BA641023

It's ALL the dog.

I think it depends on the puppy. Generally no one pets my puppy that won't be around my puppy (in laws, friends) and almost always kids who seems respectful and ask (or ones that don't and I teach to ask first their parents and then a dog's owner). I have had puppies that had no pets from anyone (but met a million people) grow into dogs who wanted to leap down people's throats and lick them to death and puppies who were pet by everyone stay generally aloof and puppies in the middle. Different breeds, different dogs, different temperaments.

Just my 2 cents

Rose is trained both ways; "there is a time for work and there is a time for socialization/play."  She clearly understands the difference. 

If the harness goes on, it is work time.  No matter how tempting, everyone is ignored.  Now, we encounter the occasional person that cannot/will not read the harness ("Service dog in training") and come running up and start petting without asking.  Rose accepts this easily, but acts bored the whole time.

If there is no harness on, everyone is her best friend.  I have taught her though not to push or demand attention, as there are people who do not appreciate a dog coming up sniffing.  Talk is always wagging though.

That said, she is not trained for protection and I would not expect any agressivness from her.  Her protection is mostly "sight."  "That is a GSD; they are mean."  I do not encourage or discourage this thought pattern.
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Flip side:  My male is also not trained for protection, but he has also not been socialized outside the family.  Based on his reaction before, I have no doubt he will eat a strangers lunch if needed. 

Although, he got loose once when we were gone.  The neighbor come down to her pasture across the road and Baron explained to her that this was his area and to leave.  The neighbor gave him a firm command "go back home."  Baron got quite, went back towards the house and sat down to watch her.  She said that was the funniest thing she had ever seen.