Video of my female - Page 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jwvIywKMM

This is video of my 4 yr old doing protection work. I posted it here because no one is on the Pit forum. Positive critiques welcome.

Angela,

Nice little pit!  The things I would fix would be, if the dog is wearing a pinch, take it off!  This dog looks to me to be showing a little bit of worry about what you are going to do!  I think he is wondering when the correction is coming, not IF the correction is coming, but WHEN!  I would use just a fursaver or a flat collar for a while, I don't think this dog needs very hard corrections at all!!!!! 

The dog is very worried on what you are doing especially when you walk up after the out.  The helper needs to keep the dogs attention, so that the dog is not allways wanting to look around to see what you are doing.  If the dog is in the bark and hold maybe you should just walk by or arround and not straight up to the dog, but the helper has to keep the dog barking, needs more intensity on the helper.  I have seen this before and a little work on a tie out and bring up the agression helps with focus on the helper and good grips!

ONLY MY OPINION!!!

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

Ang,

Your welcome.  I kind of like the little pitts!  I love to watch a good one do Schutzhund!  I will have to agree with your trainer there....if she is intimidated by your husband, why set her up to do poorly?  I still think you would benefit from back tieing her and working her agression or defense up a little so that way she is stronger towards the helper, then she won't worry so much about the walk up in the bark and hold!  Just my .02 though!

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

I think that is a nice little dog. Nice drive. I agree she is worried, but I see things a little different. I see the worry coming from the helper. I say this not only from what your dog is doing, but I have seen it in every video you have posted.

Every video I have seen from you the dogs do not go confidently into the blind. The do not hold a position and they do not want to be up close top the helper. I don't know what this guy is doing but there is a problem there.

I see it very much in your dog. That dog's worry comes way before the handler is anywhere near her. She comes like a bat out of hell from the 1 blind to the 2 blind. When she get's about 10 feet in front of the blind, she slows way down and goes very wide around the blind, then does not want to be up close with the helper.

Then when the decoy corrects the dog she wants to get the hell out of Dodge. Maybe she is doubly worried about your husband but it is obvious this dog is not comfortable being up close to the helper.

I may be off base but like I said it is something I have noticed in every video you have posted.

I think you have a nice little dog, good luck with her.

Still much work to do, but it is a start. 

Bark and hold lacks focus and intensity.  Dog is very worried with handler.

Escape shows avoidance to the helper. 

The outs are too quick, the dog is avoiding the helper, and in the guarding the dog does not want to stay with the helper.   

Overall the picture lacks power and shows too much pressure.  

Things to work with; not critical but just my observations. 

Waaaaaay too much pressure.

Anglea,

I think GARD is probably right.  I have not seen any of your other videos.....BUT you are doing a terrific job!  I am impressed!

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

What GARD and Zahnburg said.  Eight months total is quite a bit of training.