Bark development? - Page 3

judron has the right idea in my opinion.

Thats how we start all our puppies too,
"peekaboo" games from a distance. No
full on fight etc, just a simple "chase away the
bad guy" game from a distance.

If that simple little exercise tramatizes your
puppy, well, you have much bigger problems
than you are aware of.


My thoughts exactly!  That peekaboo game should be a easy game for a pup.  I agree that if that traumatizes a puppy then yes, you have way bigger problems.
A guy behind a blind waaaaaays down a field is no pressure on a pup.

Ace,
It can be done in a field, along a line of trees
a long driveway etc. The main objective is to
let the puppy learn that by using his/her voice
and forward movement, he/she can 'chase' the
suspicious person off.

The biggest problem that most see is the helper
has limited presence and/or skills, so resorts to
cracking the whip to start 'action'. The dogs never
learn to start the fight. They are also usually the ones
who must be 'loaded up' out by the truck/parking lot at trials.

You will also run into this silly prey barking because once
again, instead of waiting until a dog is old enough to start,
they drag the puppies to clubs and start in prey, then
they all stand back and scratch their heads when the dog is
16+ mos old and is locked in prey. You will also see a lot of
'clacking' in those high prey dogs.

If one actually waits a little bit, and starts the dog at
the right time, and does it the right way, you will find
you move along very quickly and will usually get
farther ahead than those dogs that they are now
trying to get to initiate the fight, get more barking etc.

Of course, thats just my limited experience & opinion.

yes I agree.  I would expect/hope that the puppy would bark (guys runs behind the blind) and while the puppy barks he moves fwd.

Moving backwards and whining would not be good.

I agree with Workingdogz and Judron.....Teach the dog through small victories at first that the bark is what controls the helper and drives him away.  Through suspicion.  clacking of the teeth should not succeed in driving the helper back or "scaring" him off.  through small victories will come confidence and better barking!     If the knowledge to do so is present then this can very affectively be done on a table.