Re: Congratulations on the Brevet! -- Mondio Mania

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Date Posted: 04:39:11 05/19/04 Wed
Author: David
Subject: Re: Congratulations on the Brevet!
In reply to: Dave Putnam 's message, "Re: Congratulations on the Brevet!" on 19:36:47 05/18/04 Tue

Hi Dave,

No, I think you're bang on in that you have to proof the exercises with specifics within the requirements of each individual exercise.

But you still need to teach the core.

DoH as example. If the exercise is taught in a core component approach (and a non-patterned manner), you should have an easier time of it come the distractions. The dog will have the understanding of the basic exercise to fall back upon and disregard any distractions. (In an ideal world).

That said, obviously you have to try and proof against every type of situation you can imagine, but as you found out, there's always going to be a judge one step ahead.

I think, what may get people in trouble at times is reliance upon the same articles or scenarios in their training. One needs to tap into the various veins of imagination running throughout all the members of the club in order to train Mondio successfully.

We would have to bring three new articles to every training session and each member would set up a new DoH scenario each week. We tried very hard to screw the other guy's dog up.

I believe it helped the dog's understanding of the core exercise as there was rarely a repeated situation.

Make sense?

David

>Point well taken. It is impossible to anticipate
>everything that the judge may spring on you. I think
>you need to train for different scenarios that fall
>within generalized categories.
>
>After the recent California trial I can see that one
>of those categories is training the dog to ignore
>"false routines." Jos Helsen had decoys doing escape
>bites during the defense of handler and standing in
>blinds as if the dog was supposed to do a search.
>
>Another obvious category is all the physical
>interaction with accessories, obstacles impeding the
>dog as he goes into a bite, and different retrieve
>objects. I think everybody training in Mondio has a
>pretty good grasp of the physical stuff. At our club
>we have an entire shed devoted to Mondio junk, as some
>people call it.
>
>I, for one, was surprised by the "false routine"
>stuff. Of course, I'm a total rookie. But it seemed to
>throw some of the old pros a little bit as well.
>
>In the Brevet, he made us heel around an obstacle, and
>then stand immobile after the handshake while the
>decoy did all the moving. I was under the impression
>that the dog/handler team would be moving when the
>decoy strikes the handler. So I would call this a
>"broken routine."
>
>It seems easy enough to think of other "false
>routines" and "broken routines" and incorporate them
>in your training regimen.
>
>What are some other broad categories that you should
>train for?
>
>Or do you think my premise is wrong with the broad
>category idea?

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Replies:

Re: Congratulations on the Brevet! -- Dave Putnam, 07:22:25 05/19/04 Wed
- Re: Congratulations on the Brevet! -- David, 07:41:54 05/19/04 Wed
  - Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Dave Putnam, 08:03:58 05/20/04 Thu
    - Re: Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Sharon, 15:16:14 05/24/04 Mon
      - Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- Dave Putnam, 12:55:23 05/25/04 Tue
        Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- J.D.M., 17:27:35 05/27/04 Thu
        Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- Ann Putegnat, 18:00:22 05/28/04 Fri
        Re: Defense of handler as an OB exercise -- J.D.M., 18:22:56 06/15/04 Tue
      - Re: Sharon, you want to jump in here? -- Ann Putegnat, 17:56:36 05/28/04 Fri