Positive Dog Training - Malinois Heel and Bite Suit Work

Training dogs with compassion and progressive, positive methods. This video is a response to a heated training discussion about heeling and whether a "high drive' dog may be trained to heel and maintain position despite the dog being excited, the environment and/ or what the handler is doing, WITHOUT FORCE; that it is possible to train a dog to release her toy on command, with one single command, every single time, WITHOUT FORCE. This is an informal exercise with a young dog and a demonstration of attention and control, not a finished product in a competition setting. The bite work is one aspect of a behavior experiment I am conducting. She is not formally trained for any protection sports. Her primary job is detection.

At first glance, it is easy to be tricked into thinking the dog is focused on the ball, but if you watch carefully you will see that this is absolutely not the case. This is what attention looks like. This is the kind of attention that is possible with positive training methods. In fact, the first time this particular dog ever heeled was in a crowded public park and she heeled spontaneously as a direct side-effect of offering undivided attention. It was only a few steps but it was a perfect few steps and she was rewarded handsomely!! All the indoor heeling footage is from one heeling session that lasted 14 minutes 38 seconds. I only edited the video to add some variety. I did not pick and choose the best, I just chopped off chunks and slapped it all together. The original sound is 100% intact under the soundtrack so you know I am not berating the dog to make her heel:) In this video you'll see heeling through 16" deep powder, packed heavy snow, indoors, outdoors, abnormal gait, uphill, downhill, rapid direction changes, some positions, bite on command, release on command, simple bite work. No matter how you choose to train dogs every trainer can teach you something, even if it is exactly what not to do. In 2011, with the proven science based advances that have been made in the fields of animal behavior and training over the last 100+ years, there is simply no excuse for the use of antiquated "instinct based" training methodology that bleeds easily into heavy handed coercive and abusive tactics.

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Nice!!