Bad nerves - Page 4

Damn dog was a misery because his daily life of living in a crate and only being let out to perform at a high level of drive and aggression, also served for his training, was all that was wanted of his existence.

Go hit the owner on the head for being an idiot instead of blaming the dog with excuses about "genetics".

The idea and general commentary that IPO people don’t work a dog in defense or tap into any civil ability of the dog is usually coming from people that have either never done IPO or stopped doing it ages ago. Anyone that goes to an IPO club on a given day will see many dogs being worked in defense. Not only is it because the prey balanced dogs need some level of defense in order to perform some of the exercises, but it’s also because the majority of dogs at club are definitely defensively balanced and will not work well without being worked in that drive. Are prey balanced dogs more successful? In general, yes. That doesn’t mean defensive work or even civil exercises are avoided, it just means the dog does more work in prey. A dog that isn’t worked in defense, will struggle on new helpers that are more inclined to work a dog in that drive either on purpose, or unknowingly through their body language or just a naturally higher level of presence.

I guess, that´s too much for a lot of people...

It´s way easier to believe in black and white

The answer to the question posed at me on page two is:

I don't have enough experience to make an opinion at this point. I have seen dogs that have bad nerves, and I've seen dogs that are sound. It's markedly different. That's all I can say right now.

@ Reliya
"I have seen dogs that have bad nerves, and I've seen dogs that are sound. It's markedly different. That's all I can say right now."
Your statement above suggest that you were able to put the dogs you saw into two categories : bad nerves and sound nerves.
Reflect upon why you put which dog/s into which category, and explain why you did it this way.
Thank you

Mithuna, I've seen dogs unable to relax or cope without their owners present, stressing themselves out so badly that they have gray hairs at the age of two, dogs that have been socialized but still bark out of fear of non-threatening passersby, (even barking at me as I'm leaving my house, and sometimes, barking at me inside my house), dogs that are aggressive out of fear, and dogs that wet themselves and get very low to the ground after very small corrections (a stern "no") or even just upon being approached. I've seen very weak nerved dogs. I've also seen what I think are sound dogs: confident, even when they're alone, independent (able to think for themselves), able to handle corrections and bounce back, willing to work harder to get it right, good on/off switch, able to settle and relax when necessary. It's very easy to see the difference in the two types of dogs.