Deep Stories Of Dog Working For You And With You Or Not..

The concept of the dog working for you and with you is equally important in any discipline. Obedience protection and tracking as well. My Bady, who, in his prime, was the # 17 sport dog at Europe - tr- national competitor and so on, multiple times probably the best dog I have ever had on multiple levels. In other words, TOP dog. Yet since he was trained default to work for himself, at one time, I could not stop him from chasing javelina. When I tried to call him off, he slowed down, looked over his shoulder at me and then at the javelina and flipped me a finger, and went for javelina. Bit the javelina in the back of the neck while the pig-like animal runs full bore over washes while Bady was flailing on his back like banderillas in the back of the corrida bull. They went in and out of sight until they finally disappeared in the blue yonder. There you go, one of the best dogs in the world. trained to work for himself just flipped me a finger where it matters the most. - In everyday life. If you think about it it was funny, actually. There was no point in chasing them. I sat on the rock for 2 hours until Bady, God rests his soul, came back - I knew he would - eyes bulging and tongue almost on the ground. Totally happy with himself, he plumped near me in the shade.... not looking too guilty. After that, he forever remembers that spot, and even years after this episode, when I went with him to the same location, he totally ignored me and was looking for "his" javelina. Now, this is a dog who was being trained to work for himself in the drive.

Now I have a dog Sarko z AlpineK9 named after the legendary Sarko z Jirkova dvora, whom I am training to work for me and with me. I am doing it so just to prove to myself and especially to others that such an approach is valid. I have trained many dogs like that, but this one was personal. But that is another story. On Big Bug Mesa - my favorite spot - me and Sarko run into four deer. They popped up and bound in great leaps and bounds, showing their white tails they were careening down the mountain. Sarko shot like an arrow from the bow after them. I have just said. "Fui!" "Come!" and Sarko, whose prey drive is out of scale just made a sharp "U" turn and came to me and looked me in the eyes which were saying: "What do you want, dad?" I will never forget that moment in my life. I have almost never ( maybe 1-2 times) practiced recalls with him. It was just that my obedience to training dog to work for me had overridden the genetics to chase the deer. At that moment, all my teaching of others came together. Me and my dog alone in the woods with no one around to admire it. Well never mind,...the most would not understand anyway. But to me, it meant it all. No e collar, no repetitive yelling at a dog to come back,... just understanding of each other. It felt like a perfect effortless, instinctual Judo throw. Beauty to behold. Moment to live for,...which most will never understand. Just like when Katsumoto saw sakura petals falling to the ground just before his end. When he said: "Perfect". These are the rare moments in life some of us seek.