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Service Dog Association
Highlights of Man Work Development:
Test dog to determine its drives & character make-up:
- Start dog as young as possible
- Start obedience only after the “bite” is established
- All beginning bite work is done in “prey” only
Begin Man Work foundation work using rag, tug & sleeve:
- Start with “prey” work in drive
- Establish a forward & upward strike
- Work to establish bite quality on both the right & left arms
- Teach the “re-bite” or “counter”
- Work on the “carry” of the prey item
- Introduce the stick very slowly
- Slowly work in various “environmentals”
- Teach a non-confrontational “out”
- Establish the “bark”
- Introduce “prey guarding”
- Include “escape” & “back-up” bites
- Slowly introduce the “gun”
- Start to show some “defense” but with “prey’ bites
- Slowly harden to “defense”
- Eventually introduce an occasional “defense” bite
- Utilize enough “civil work” to orientate the dog to the man
- Perfect the “out”
Introducing the full body bite suit & hidden sleeve:
- Start with jacket being held and the bite in the armpit area
- Establish bites both to the right & left sides with “carry”
- Slide the suit jacket on one arm & allow a “carry”
- Make sure the dog is striking launching up into the strike
- Have the dog “out” from the armpit bite with reward bite
- With the “out” established, work with the jacket fully on
- Work on both right & left, front & back upper body bites
- Reintroduce forearm bites and start on leg bites
- Target upper body, with other areas as secondary
- Work “prey” & “defense” with “environmentals” & the “gun”
- Start introducing “scenarios” into the training regime
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