Pit Bull "Sunny" Training - Drop on command, Sit, Down, Stay

[vicmuno26]

thanks i really appreciate it ...

[vicmuno26]

i'm training my blue nose pit bull following the book " The Koehler Method of Dog Training: Certified Techniques by Movieland's Most Experienced Dog Trainer " and i would like to find more videos of dog training following "Koehler" methods. i need some help i have to do this for my school senior project. please help thanks.

[petbully]

@vicmuno26

Read Vicki Hearne's "Adam's Task." She was a Koehler Trainer and wrote about dog philosophy.

[ShelterDogs]

Are William Koehler's methods really necessary anymore? So much has evolutionized in dog training since The Koehler Method book came out in 1962.

[petbully]

Dogs have not "evolutionized." Have you trained or rescued Pits? +80% of shelter dogs are Pits or mixed Pit. The "new" methods are not working well especially for dominant breeds.

Also, your question presumes that there is something wrong with the Koehler method. I don't agree. It is a humane, effective method that is more reliable than food training. The premise of Mr Koehler is that dogs are entitled to the consequences of their actions. Read Vicki Hearne's "Adam's Task."

[MrDiamonds01]

stunning girl wow she's solid full of muscle 

[Alexin1derland]

The 'distance down' literally saved my dog's life once. Long story, but my dog was running full tilt toward a very icy road with a large car sliding fast toward him. He was less than 4ft from the curb, and I turned around & instantly dropped him. He hit the dirt immediately, and the car slid right on by. Thank you, Bill Koehler.

[petbully]

@Alexin1derland Thanks for watching.

Exactly what the distance down was designed to do. Not too many Koehler trainers out there anymore.

[corvaxxx]

beautiful dog! how long have you been training? I assume you're using the Koehler method, since you tagged it with the name. drop on recall is important, but a solid recall comes first, which she obviously isn't taking seriously. this is what the light line is for: so you can step on the line the moment she disobeys and instead of learning that she can just walk away from you to evade correction, she learns that the correction is inevitable, and better to just stay put.

[petbully]

@corvaxxx Yes, I am a Koehler fan. But he would disown me if he saw me train because I lighten up a bit on the corrections once the dog starts to want to please me. I often train focus with games as both the distraction and the reward. I think it works well with pits. I have been fostering this dog for six months. Formal training for about four.

She is available for adoption as the only dog. Not dog friendly.



[petbully]

@corvaxxx Thanks. I know about the light line. But as you noticed she is probably not even ready for that. Why does the drop from a distance have to be trained as part of a recall? I know formal obedience tests them together, but is there another reason in your opinion? I am training both simultaneously. I also started some scent games just to keep her head busy.

[corvaxxx]

@petbully I saw it as a drop on recall, I didn't know it was just a drop from a distance. I never did drop from a distance that far away, I did it more of a "down on an okay release" in which the dog is asked to stay within 20 feet of me, and like everything else you proof it at 2 feet, then 4 feet, so on and so on.