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The quality of your
instruction and the knowledge and experience of your instructor is important in
all classes, but especially so in the manwork classes.
Our manwork instructor has
many years of experience in this field and is able to bring out exactly the
right reactions in the dogs. The manwork training is NOT based on fear and this
is evidenced by the fact that each dog can be petted by the instructor prior to
and after each and every class.
Our manwork training is based on play drive and is intended for sport purposes.
If you are looking for a robot-attack dog then you'd best look somewhere else. |
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The most important element of manwork is control.
With this is mind we do not enroll dogs whose temperament is unsuited
for manwork.
The McKaynine manwork classes are designed to teach dogs to discriminate
a real threat and to react according to their handler's commands.
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Stage One
Through play, the dog is taught to chase and hold onto the sausage.
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Stage Two
The dog is now possessive of "his" sausage and given half a chance will
take it home with him.
It can be clearly seen from this photo that the dog is playing a game -
there is no fear whatsoever.
In fact dogs will often wrestle
the sausage from the assistant, perform a victory lap and then actively
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Stage Three
Once the dog is confidently possessive over his sausage, the sleeve is
substituted.
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As the dog progresses the
exercises become more challenging and precise.
The dog is taught to wait until a threat is presented and also to leave
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