Understanding Different Drives,,,prey, aggresion, etc. - Page 1

there are so many threads where people ask "what is aggression, or civil, or fight drive, or etc"

for those who truly wish to better understand the drives of the german shepherd, i would recoment reading "Der Schutzhund" by Helmut Raiser.   there is an english version translated by Armin Winkler.    the first part is pretty scientific (even for a biology guy  like me). 

if you do, or have and would like to discuss any of the info, you can pm me or start a thread about it.

john

Hi John, great thread.    I love that little book and refer back to it all the time.  In fact it's on my night stand right now! 

too funny sue, im actually reading it for what seems like the 10th time now.

john

http://schutzhundvillage.com

i would also highly recommend armin's articles on his website.  really good stuff.

pjp

I can't believe there wasn't more activity on this thread.  Maybe it was just because it was the weekend?  I hope the all the people who actually train their dogs in sport and the serious breeders havein't given up this entire message board due ot frustration with all the trolls, fucktards, pet people,  and know nothing blow hards this place seems to be lousy with as of late.   They are worse than cockroaches and all seem to have mutiplied and moved in. 

Time to vacate or exterminate!

 Sue,

I was at our club trial all weekend.   Cascade had another great trial , 25 entires with a variety of breeds entered:  gsd (High in Trial  was a gsd 98/88/98--Thank GOD!!), mals aplenty, dobies, a Bouv ,2 Giant Schnauzers, and a kelpie.    So, I have been away from the board.  Frankly, coming back and seeing all the crap, I  am glad I was gone. 

That said,   I would like to thank Sue and John for their efforts in salvaging this board with threads on training.

It is very very good and every one who is involved in training their dogs shoud read it.tons of use ful info and also espicially for guys who are doing decoy work .have a nice one.

What is civil, please?

missbeeb, how have you been? I am going to take a stab in the dark and say "civil" means willingness to bite a person. Now, if I am wrong, we will soon find out together.