Dog not understanding the game. - Page 2

Is the guy that works your dog flat/boring? Use a whip, stick, yell,  anything to help bring the dog out? My dog isn't the flashiest either but put some fight on him and you find yourself faced with a new dog alltogether. If your dog doesn't enjoy the fight...I don't know what to suggest for you.

My boy does best with action.  Yes, yelling and/or moving about gets him going.  He is flat in the bark and hold though for the most part.  He will never be a dog who loves to fight, and I'm not expecting that.  But the game should interest him a little more I think, than it does now.

He and I learn together.  I have made mistakes.  His retrieve drive is nil, I asked on this board and got some great advice, that is one problem now solved, he now flies back to me with anything I toss.

Now we work on this problem.

It's hard to say it will depend on  a dog. For some dog drop the heand and that will be enough, let him walk away with the sleeve even more fun for the dog. Agitate the dog before it's always good idea to bring the fight out of the dog, some dog's don't need that some will work better that way. As you see there is many unknowns. Go on youtube look for the rutines video and you will find quite few approchaes.

Do you have any video? Seeing the dog and how it is worked may help someone spot the problem or come up with a better solution.

4pack, yes, we had the seminar taped.  I'll see if I can get my hands on the part with my boy.

Thanks.

Maybe you need a helper with more presence. If you get the dog used to *only* reacting when the helper is moving about, then that's exactly what you'll get. You need a helper who, just by standing still, can get a reaction from the dog, which is then rewarded with a bite. Then the dog learns that his actions move the helper, not that he just stands there and wait for action to happen to him.