Training Defense Before Prey Is Foolish Stupid!!!!!! By One of the hardest things for new trainers understand is the sequence of training in bite work. The other day I saw 2 comments on the pd-L (a protection dog chat forum on the Internet) that caught my attention. One individual stated that he took his young dog out to a club and was told to bring it back when it was more mature so that the training could be started in excessive dog barking excessive dog barking defense. Then I saw a coberating statement that a well-known German trainer in this country (Godfrie Dildhie - he makes training videos - not very good ones at that - I chose not to do them with him) likes to start the training in defense so that the first session in bite work is a serious confrontation. One of his videos explains how to do this by putting a fence between the helper and dog so the dog soes puppy excessive dog barking not feel so threatened. I have one word for this STUPID!! STUPID!! STUPID !! Ok three words. My immediate reaction was to e-mail this individual and tell him to steer clear of that club. My guess is that the people that train there have very sharp dogs with weak mouthy chewy grips and nerves that have been worn thin. These people probably table train too (also STPUID!! STUPID!! STUPID!!) To make my point we need to examine the end product that kitsap county dog obedience training excessive dog barking we all want in a protection dog. This is an animal with good temperament, strong nerves, and a solid grip. One that will protect our family, but is not dangerous to be around. This picture does not come from starting your training in defense. To wait for a young dog to mature so it can start training in defense before prey can be compared to taking a child out to teach him how to ride a bicycle. It's like we black lab dogs excessive dog barking would expect