Back to the Laboratory in Bite Work

If your dog won't counter full, won't push into the fight, or spins away when you approach, this episode is for you. Jerry breaks down exactly why these bite work issues happen and how to rebuild the foundation so your dog bites harder, fuller, and with real confidence.

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Drive channelling as a confidence builder for your dog.

Bite work problems and their solution strategies.

Inducing counter bites, getting appropriate pressure when biting, and encouraging pushing into the bite.

Reasons to train your out before your bite work and not create an association that may create an out you don't want.

The three types of pressure you need to account for are creating desensitization to distraction objects.

Key Takeaways:

If a dog doesn't know how to fight out of its problems, you may get displacement and avoidance creeping in.

Training bite work in young dogs may require different techniques than those used for training with older dogs.

When you train with a crutch, you will, eventually, need to wean yourself off the crutch.

Make sure your decoys aren't bailing. Make sure they aren't sidestepping, dropping their arms, or pulling the dogs into their chest. That is only going to make it worse.