Maltese puppies
A dog with a weak prey drive or just as importantly a dog that has not gone through prey drive development will become a hectic dog in defense training. maltese puppies Dog bone. This is because it has not learned the skills of bite work, nor has it learned how to relieve the stress of defense through prey drive work. Another way to put it is that there is nowhere to go in the dog's temperament to allow it to relieve the stress of defense. I am often asked by puppy customers if my dogs will protect them when they are adults. maltese puppies Black dog. My answer to this is, "I can give you a dog with the correct genetic make-up to do this work, what you do with him after you get him determines if he will protect you. "I compare this to Michael Jordan (the basketball player). When his son is 20 years old will he be able to play NBA basketball? The answer is no - not unless he has been trained as a young boy. maltese puppies Electronic-dog-trainers. He certainly has the genetic make-up to play ball, but unless he has been trained and his natural drives developed into basic skills he could never play professional ball. The same goes for good puppies. Without drive development and later training you just end up with a nice pet. Drive Thresholds:Understanding drive thresholds is also not an easy concept. A drive threshold can be defined as the level of stimulation required for a drive to change. Lets use defense and avoidance as an example. The lower threshold of defense is the point where the dog begins to understand that it is being threatened and begins to bark with a serious defensive bark. We call this point the lower threshold. The upper threshold is the point where the dog is stressed to the point where it begins to show signs of avoidance. Here it may take a step back or get behind the handler or look away from the helper and ignore him or display a number of other signs of avoidance. We say we have reached a drive threshold just before the dog moves into defense and just before it moves into avoidance, or just before the intensity level changes within a drive. Drive thresholds vary from dog to dog depending on the dog's nerves. A dog with good nerves has a higher threshold than a dog with weak nerves. Weak-nerved dogs have a low threshold for defense. These dogs are very quick to get their hair up on their back and bark at people. Dogs with low a defense threshold (weak nerves) make good alarm dogs for a home. These dogs bark at the slightest noise outside. Dogs with strong nerves do not perceive a small noise as a threat so they have a higher threshold for defense.
Maltese puppies
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