Instructor: Forrest Micke
There are 3 primary relationships that exist within the protection-training program of the ring sport dog – Dog and Handler, Dog and Decoy, Handler and Decoy. Striking a balance between these relationships is critical for the progression of any team.
Often, the Dog/Decoy and Dog/Handler relationships are the quickest to go out of balance. This class serves as a troubleshooting platform for teams that are struggling to strike balance in their dog between working with the handler and attraction to the decoy.
Areas of focus in this class will include reward systems (frequency and type), leveraging bite and reward duration between decoy and handler, contrasting decoy ‘energy’, and breaking down exercises into smaller pieces to create maximum clarity for the dog. This class focuses heavily on videos submitted by gold level members as well as class discussion.
