Portuguese K9 company of Republic National Guard (GNR)
1st Decoy Corse (06/2008)
Imagine if your job was to let dogs bite you all day.....
To some, decoying looks easy, just stand there and let the dog bite you. Well a good decoy can take a dog’s confidence through the roof and turn a dog into a fantastic working dog. A bad decoy can create bad habits in a dog, hinder it’s confidence, injure a dog and even shut it down completely keeping it from developing it’s drive and confidence. Decoying is one of the most crucial and important aspects of developing the real protection working dog.
The goals are to maximize the dogs drive for the bite, teach it how to bite properly, and also bite when a real life situation presents itself. So if a handler needs to send his dog on a criminal, or someone being unruly and the dog performs well, they can thank themselves as well as the decoys.
In June 2008 I was invited by the Republic National Guard (GNR) to assist them in re-developing their K9 Unit.
Thanks for the wonderfull time !!