Thoughts on this 11 month old female - Page 2

I wouldn't expect any different from Extreme and what that kennel has been producing. Those dogs are machines at a very young age. Tons of drive for obedience.

Duke haven done much bite work with her but when I did she was a little physio very fast bite . I always try and make the obedience a lot stronger and I will start the obedience .for me the bite work is very strong so It will come easy. I like to have good control and good environmental I find the bite work to be stronger and more focused. At this time I also teach the dog to bark on command and also out that way the ground work is done when I go fully into bite work

Bw iv heard the same things and at the moment it seems to be all true nonstop drive to work and at the same time very cam

every individual on its own is different but would be interested to see some video later on yogi, good luck with her

Duke I will send u some videos when im working her thanks for your comments

Yogi, why do you prefer obedience over bitework at that age?

Yogi: "At this time I also teach the dog to bark on command and also out that way the ground work is done when I go fully into bite work "

What do mean with "when I go fully into bite work" ?

This is a honest, interested question, because over here we start bite work almost immediately, parrellel to basic obedience.

For me drive, temperament, and obedience have to go "hand in hand", that´s what makes sense to me - focus on obedience first and foremost may suppress a lot of drive in a otherwise good dog ?!?

Forgot to mention:
Your female looks good - not the "type" for winning in the show ring, but well within the standard, and that´s what it should be ...

@ susie, obedience today doesnot supress anything LOL and even old skool obedience shouldnot, if it does your dog is not cut out for sport
starting bitework only later is no problem at all on a good dog IMO

This is no "lol" - it´s a honest question about basics -
WHY do you start bitework "later" - doesn´t make sense to me?

Susie with high drive and proper training drive should not drop . I always do bite work at the start to c what the dog is made of . But obedience is important because if the dog does not make the cut in environments and nerves and has to be rehomed in a family it can be very dangerous to send a dog that is willing to bit to a home that just was a family dog. I started doing this 10 years ago because of a problem that came up and the family had the dog pup down for me it's a safety thing for both family and dog. When I c the whole picture of the dog which does not take long obedience is good nerve is strong then full on bite work starts .Honest question why would she not be good in a show ring what would u pint out . I personally taught her structure was very good but im not that experience in this end .thanks