 All right, today we're going to talk about guarding objects and guarding people Objects and guarding people and Go over a little bit of the link between the two on How we teach it the mentality behind guarding things Objects or people Because they're tied together on How the dog has to think about these things? so when teaching dogs to guard objects and here I'll show you many objects and This is all done in my trainers Academy that I'm doing right now We'll have people here that I'm teaching to be trainers These are their dogs and this is the first three weeks of our Trainers camp We have a few more months, but we got all this done already within the first two to three weeks so when being taught to guard an object We have platform behavior, right touch pad It's how we start these things and then transfer it to holding on the object but also teaching a bark and hold While on the object Right a bark and hold is barking at people Without biting Unless there's a movement or a gesture in to go after the dog in a traditional bark and hold Or somebody flees So in this particular case because it's an object Anybody who gets very close It's the reaching right to try to get the object that we are teaching That the dog must cut it off Hit immediately and not allow anybody to go and grab the object. Okay so There's a lot of restraint It's timing the dog knowing That it's the reaching Not just closeness to the object moving so It's teaching a lot of self-control and Not to leave the object or leave the object alone Okay, with all it has it has to Guard that object So as a whole It's teaching them to get on the objects no matter what object. It's an implied stay on it Hold it don't come off it Okay, or if it's another object that's too small to get on Stay with it if it moves you move with it and you follow it not to let it be picked up or taken So you have many aspects to this so Touching objects getting on the object holding a stay on the object Showing aggression on the object but not biting Unless the exact gesture So this takes a lot of self-control from the dog to do this well at the same time as Somebody moves around the object in different ways the dogs have to be aware and Stay focused on The person who's trying to come in and possibly take the object Okay So you'll see here. That's why the dog spin on the objects and stay facing forward Because at any second the attack in the grab could come So They have to be very hyper alert Extremely aware they can't fade away mentally on this So you see them very vigilant about Being aware every second staying on the object in all positions to make sure That whoever's going around it will not be able to come in and reach for that object now This is unlike sport guard the object where In Mondio It's a forward Movement towards the dog even from three feet out and the dog could just fly off and go hit the person from three five feet away Right makes no sense for real life Okay When you have a KMP V guard the object It's just stays there flat the dog stays in one position Doesn't have to move around the object and guard it Right which makes things way more complicated So it's just one entry from the decoy coming in the dog knows it's going to be that entry when he walks towards it the dog strikes so in My guard the object is more complexity right Then that and again in the Mondio one Mondio ring or any of the ring sports It just doesn't make sense for real life right it doesn't apply to real life So anybody if I for in real life if I tell somebody that You know my dog to guard the object Doesn't mean he has to bark at anybody He just has to hold down on it and just make sure nobody reaches to grab it right So for real life, we're playing a safety game with this too, right? Then it has to be an extreme move of Somebody really trying to grab the object Right or coming in at the dog so If people are walking by the object in real life And they got too close They don't get bitten right But in the sports you get that close you're going to get nailed or any gesture In towards it like in Mondio and ring sports the dog is just going to get at it and usually feed away So most people couldn't be walking around if they make a mistake and head towards the object From three to five feet, and they didn't even see the object or the dog there And they were just cruising around went like this towards it. Bam. They're gonna get hit But and the person be like what the just hit me What was that? Right? They weren't even aware That there was an object the dog on top of something guarding it laying on it So it doesn't have any real Sense For reality. It's dangerous, right? So we just want to delay their cover surround it and Wait for the reaching or the gesture So here we just start with a regular step stool That the dog is going to guard We transfer here to a little box right little cardboard box and Watch how when the box moves around from her changing position to try to Keep her eye on the guy She's moving the box From her movements to try to cover the angles But watch how she follows the box Wherever it goes and she kicked it She goes to it grabs on to it and knows for no reason Even though it got kicked away She must travel with it and go get it and hover on it and Not let that box out of her body and sight Right. That's her job and you can see her how well. I mean it was beautiful Right How she kicked it and went held it got it So they're amazing Right that she understood her obligation To that box and to guard it when she was told So when she kicked it around moved it. She was going to get it find it block the angles off Anytime she moved it. She would just hover with it and make sure that she did her job and Her obligation to What she was told to guard that object That there's a complete comprehension of What she is supposed to be doing her task So we tell you to go to the box and guard it You she goes to it She gets it the box is very difficult because she can't really lay on it. It's a tiny little thing here So she's got a hover on it and Then when it moves she completely understood That this is all about the box and Holding on to it and guarding it for her life not to let anybody take it So I mean and she just learned this a week ago amazing Brilliant I Mean I Can't even Explain it's not like she's been doing this a long time. It was just a week of this and Never has guarded that box before which is even more amazing. It was the first time the owner put that box out there She has no idea what the box is She's never done that before and guarded this type of object So on the first time to just go and hover on it kick it around go grab it gave us the understanding that we really taught her well and She completely understands Her mission with this thing Incredible so Then here put a duffel bag First time we've done this right here as you're going to see it the box was the first time Now Michael's going to put a duffel bag out there that they've never been on or a guarded To see how they do with the new object another new object as well And phenomenal again first time guarding that bag doesn't know what it is Right much easier for her Because she can get her body on it and hover on it and cling to it so there's more identity But first time ever doing it phenomenal right so We have the step stool first hovering on it completely never coming off it Then the little box Never saw that before Duffel bag has never seen that before Now Michael's going to throw something at her and he's going to put a long cardboard box Again, she's never seen this box either first time ever doing it and Attested to see with that length and skinny this how well would she hold something because that's very difficult for a dog To understand that they have to cover the whole length of it no matter what and Stay on that little width so Here we go Again unbelievable right She knew to make sure that that whole box was covered Has never seen that type of box before knew That that whole box where the box was completely up and down body awareness box awareness staying on it hovering around it not letting Michael in and Once the reach the bite. I mean phenomenal. I Mean it doesn't get any better than this right and these are brand new objects these last three that they've never seen and They just started guard the object a week ago I mean I mean it's just amazing Now here to show you something Michael gives Her a big box right a bigger box And it was very difficult for her to get on hold on to And you'll see her here when she is that she starts kicking it and starts moving all over the yard But watch How when she kept moving it all over the place She kept following it throughout the yard And on video we'll lose Her sight of her with the box for a little bit But Michael will extend out And she's not there Because she's behind the camera staying with the box Right. I mean so again showing Her sense of comprehension to the task And showing obligation To not let that box out of her sight no matter where it goes and stay with it all the way through the yard if she has to And it went way off camera and she still stayed with it So here's that let me show you where it was way here And she stayed with it as it moved that was incredible I mean it's brilliant right so I mean it's just phenomenal The box kicking everywhere all the way across the yard and she just goes and she just understands To stay with it keep a hold of it Michael stretches himself back off Into the yard away from her Showing That he came out But she's not coming with him. She's still back there because she's with the box That's why she hasn't traveled out there in the yard with him. She disappeared So I mean It's just phenomenal Now the same applies right? The same concepts That guard the object Is guard the people as well. It's the same concept in the dog's mind So for example here, you're gonna see Michael Hit the floor. He's gonna be balled up on the floor and I'm gonna try to attack him And get around to see if they'll give me an opening And have a mental lapse That I could come in and grab Michael Now it's the same concept Hover on a board hover on a bag Now they're gonna go to him The only difference is now they're gonna have to guard the outside barrier of him And not lay on top of him So now they have to hold the body Right The feel of the body not on top of the body Tiny little difference in the concept, but it's the same theory So here you see I'm gonna try to attack Michael while he's on the floor And try to get in there And of course impossible Right, they had me shielded off Around him. There was no way they were gonna let me in there and and put their guard down It's hard to see on camera But I made a tiny little turn When I was going around Of a gesture just to turn my body in a little bit because I was gonna attack him And they were so on to that little tiny turn in that I did To come in to make the attack And they cut me off way before I could even get close because they were on they knew With that little sudden gesture from that distance that I was coming And they flew and cut me off And hit me would not let me get that close So I mean perfect Same concept If Michael's standing up Then laying down It's holding body And circling and guarding right guarding behavior Now it's just the touch and feel Of the the body and not on top of something Okay, and then Now we make things Much more difficult Now We have a moving guard Right, so now Michael's going to move backwards move around the decoy is going to chase And the dogs Have to move and make sure they know where he is all the time To make sure he doesn't get touched attacked Okay, so now things get much more complicated than just guard a stationary object Same obligations Stay on Make sure wherever the body goes just like the box That wherever the body goes they must attach to it and follow it anywhere no matter what no matter which way Michael goes Sideways backwards stay still That they travel with that body and find it at all times staying with it Not to let any gaps happen Any lapses or lose his body Because then they would not be able to defend him If they lose him Now follow him follow him follow him follow him Tap the stick tap the stick Just moving a little bit gap a little more And then ready go their job obligation to make sure That Michael does not get away from them guarding him Much harder much harder than guarding a stationary object Right this is like the box moving around and then kicking it and then going to find it and grab onto it. It's the same concept Just at a much more complex level Right when you have a body going moving faster and sideways and all over to try to escape the decoy It's much harder than a box just skipping around a little bit Finding it skipping around finding it Still very complicated right for a dog to understand that that box moves you just go grab it and you No matter what now to have a body moving so fast And they're focused on a decoy that's moving So trying to hold the legs Stay with those moving legs no matter what While trying to stay focused on the decoy where they go And it's an aggressive state that they're into at the decoy There's a lot going on for the dogs Very complex very complicated So this is much higher level than just guarding objects And they did phenomenal with all these things And we're working on more pieces to the guarding And i'll show a video of that in a week or so Of much more complex exercises that we're in right now teaching them And it's just amazing And we'll show all the variations that we're doing to guarding Now the owner adding much more difficulty To guard so That'll be coming next week or so But that's guard the object and people and Yeah, this is my school that These are students of mine In my train the dog trainer academy And this is what you learn Just little pieces of what you learn when you come into my academies So i'm Richard Hines I'll see you next time