You've done this before.
That's exactly it, we've been sparring like that since her baby teeth. Pura always said I'm too rough on her. We only accidentally yanked out two baby teeth in the first 3-4 months so I think she overreacted. = }
We still train like that. She's stellar at protecting her neck, back, and her front feet.
Hashtag Training.
Have you added sticks, long and short yet? She needs to know not to grab anything, or get poked with the short ones for sure...
Best part of doing it this way is you'll gain great control in intense situations, and she'll learn to keep herself safe without making her aggressive / dangerous to others. Unless someone hits her or does something else extremely stupid, of course.
That's part of the bite course. Your explanation sounds just as exciting. We're looking forward to it.
That one will go as far as a bite without release regardless the circumstances like sticks, knives, etc only in the event someone touches my wife like actually physically lays a hand on her inappropriately or aggressively. Have to be real specific with that training to prevent her from biting someone or something in error.
Bark is before that, another 7 day course. Then she'll be quote legal unquote.
You have dogs? Sorry if you've already said and I forgot. I do that regularly—forget. If so, what kind?
I had a golden retriever / malamute mix I trained just with the sparring part, so nobody could mistreat her or worse. Don't let the breed fool you, she had a natural temper if she felt she was wronged 😂 I got her at seven weeks old, and that night she tried to take my supper away forcefully 🤣🤣🤣 Stable and good with the public though, as she was properly socialized. Unnaturally smart too...
Never. They all have that fight or flight instinct, I don't underestimate any of them.
Retrievers are real bright. I know what you mean by unnaturally. I kept waiting for my last one to talk.
Could she bark or did she inherit the mute part?
She could bark and more - the whole vocal range :) ... Counting, regular bark on command, protective barking on command or if she deemed it appropriate. Even talking, but never a human language 😂
She was fearless, but didn't use aggression lightly. That being said, she wasn't remotely shy or hesitant about it the few times it was called for.