Sargo Vom Haus Hall training pictures today - Page 1

What do you guys think?

Looking good!  The green, green grass also looks great...we are buired in snow up to my waist in some area's!
Keep up the good work!

Thanks Turbo

 Is that you "decoying"?

Jenn that is me.  Is that not a good idea?

No.

He wasnt getting civil or anything.  He was just hitting the sleeve.  Whats the differance between that and playing tug if your just working on grips and form.

 He is too young for you to use that logic; he was playing...ok...but that won't last. That's major conflict for a dog, especially a dog that has the potential to be serious.  On the flip side, how can you expect him to bite for real if you imprint him on biting you and that it's a game? Way too many potentially confusing, conflicting scenarios to throw at a young dog, IMHO. 

In reference to your question regarding the difference between gripwork/tugs/form training, IMO, there's not a huge difference, but enough. Personally, I don't do any of that stuff anyway (tug, gripwork, etc.) but I still see a difference between your dog biting you and you engaging the dog w/another object, like a tug. 

I had a guy not listen to me on this (working potentially serious dogs yourself) and then tell me about a time where his pup (a little under a year old) bit him so hard high up on his arm that he paralyzed his arm and he had to drag himself over to his bag to try and find something else to get him to "out" onto instead. He finally got him off the sleeve onto a ball, but he still was injured and has had training issues (to put it mildly) ever since. I had another person have a similar situation but not quite as serious. 

I don't know your dog; maybe it won't be a problem, but regardless, it's either a not-so-good idea or a really terrible one. 

Jenn that is exactly why I like to share on here.  I did not look at it that way and that makes perfect since.  I do see him holding back when its me on the other end.  Thanks so much

Have you looked into going to training clubs in your area? A little bit of good or great training goes a long way. You don't need to do bite work on your own.