Question for protection sports/schutzhunders on temperament - Page 2

While our dogs really only share Verwin in their peds they sound similar. Has your trainer ever comented on how well your dog transistions? Stable is good, you don't have a 4 legged liability on your hands. Is your dog easy to train as well, a quick learner? I'm willing to bet your dog is bored with the routine.

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From Bancroft: "What are you really concerned about? Whether he will defend you against a real threat?" NO. My job is to protect my dog. Anyway,I was asking a general question on the stability of a dog doing protection work, not so much my dog in particular, although someone had told me he has "very strong nerve and does not perceive much challenge from the helper"   One solution we are trying is to work on a variety of helpers.

Here is my question from the original post:

"My question is some dogs seem to need barely a stiff posture or a look from the decoy to go into  true defense (avoidance, hackles up, etc)and then some directly into confident aggression.  Some (like mine) need more active threat and engagement with the helper to bring aggression.  Is one extreme more desireable than the other? What are your thoughts?

I am not talking about "points" here, but for a more comprehensive picture of the GSD."

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