Der Schutzhund The Protection Dog - Page 1

Dr Raiser...some times I call Raisner... Because of another Dr Raisner I know.
wrote this book using mainly classical conditioning as  canine pack behavior.
But Operant conditioning would be how you use this information, as it helps
identify the drive the dog is working in and helps the trainer, helper or decoy, better
gear their training. (Max)

Part One

I. Inborn Drives Necessary for Protection Work........( genetic????).

A. The Prey Drive.................................................................running down prey?????
B. The Defense Drive and Avoidance Behavior
1. The Defense Drive........................................................protecting something or status in pack???
2. Avoidance Behavior
3. Threatening and Other Trigger Stimuli for..........................Antecedence of fighting behavior???
Defense Behavior
4. Directing Defense and Avoidance Behavior
5. Critical Distance, Flight Distance, and Individual..........level of comfort????
Distance
C. The Aggression Drive
D. The Fighting Drive

II. Basic Concepts and Laws of Ethnology

A. Appetence, Trigger Stimuli, Instinctive Action,
Ultimate Action, and the Drive Goal
B. Leerlauf (Idle-Motion) Reaction and Gesture of
Intent
C. Conflict Behavior.................................................................................Dog and human priorities????
D. Stimulus Summation
E. Action-specific and Stimulus-specific Exhaustion

III. Laws of Learning for Dogs

A. Classical Conditioning................................form follows function?????????
B. Instrumental Conditioning

Part Two

I. Prey Drive Promotion............Running down prey????

A. Creating Motivation through Stimulation and........starting a dog?????
Challenging
B. The First Bite
C. The Transfer onto the Sleeve
D. The Attack
E. Teaching the Dog to Fight ("Shaking Prey to
Death")
F. The Goal of Prey Drive Promotion

II. Defense Drive Promotion..............................pressure help identify the drive your dog uses????

A. Raising Psychological Stress by Challenging
for the Prey and by Exploiting Insecurities
B. Defending Against the Helper
1. Threatening Dog and Handler
2. Threatening the Back-tied Dog on his Own
3. Countering Defense Behavior or Attacking
the Dog
C. Channeling Defense Behavior into Prey Drive

III. Training...................................................................The task???????
A. The Hold and Bark
1. Blocking Access with the Leash
2. Blocking Access through the Helper
3. Letting the Dog Break through
4. Fending off
5. Reducing Aids and Practicing
Additional Difficulties

B. The "OUT"- Exercise.............emergency break on your dog??????
1. Outing the Dead Prey
2. In the Blind on Leash
3. In the Blind off Leash
4. Without Back Cover

C. The Blind Search.............................focus and drive?????
1. Directing Focus to the Blind
2. Instilling Confidence, until the Dog............Building the dog???????
Searches Swiftly
3. Training the Call-back
4. The Forced Blind Search


Just a few things to look at...you can say what has your experience been in this area
of protection training......Any problems or helpful hint's.

The topic is protection as it pertains to the sport and breeding test of the GSD, but also
for dogs in general.

While Raiser says he wrote the book on fundamentals he admits,
that the technicals remain a work in progress...

Don't let the book freak you out....It's sales
for about 20 dollars and is a must for working dog people in general

I. Inborn Drives Necessary for Protection Work........( genetic????).

A. The Prey Drive.................................................................running down prey?????
1. The Defense Drive........................................................protecting something or status in pack???

3. Threatening and Other Trigger Stimuli for..........................Antecedence of fighting behavior??
5. Critical Distance, Flight Distance, and Individual..........level of comfort????
Distance

C. Conflict Behavior.................................................................................Dog and human priorities????

A. Classical Conditioning................................form follows function????????

I. Prey Drive Promotion............Running down prey????

A. Creating Motivation through Stimulation and........starting a dog?????

II. Defense Drive Promotion..............................pressure help identify the drive your dog uses????

III. Training...................................................................The task???????
B. The "OUT"- Exercise.............emergency break on your dog??????
C. The Blind Search.............................focus and drive?????
2. Instilling Confidence, until the Dog...Searches Swiftly.........Building the dog???????

Seems like a whole lot of stuff....But it was meant as a guide to understanding the GSD.
Schuzthund was a breeding test first. Before it be came a club sport.

Dogs will range any where from not outing no matter what you do.... to not being  able to take even
the least amount of pressure......The age,sex,maturity and genetics will play the biggest part.
So let all look at this book together and dissect each fundamental.....So even the newbie could be
awakened from a dead sleep and recite line and verse.....This will be the goal for 2011.

MM - Thanks for your post, as always they are very informative.  I started reading this book a couple weeks ago, and I am finding it a very interesting read.

I wished I had the money to put on a training seminar and bring Raiser in to train with. 

 I purchased this book after you recommended it to me. I am reading through it for a second time again to make sure I get all the information from it. Great read and highly recommended