Ep. 23 - Stress Drill Progressions & How to do them
Why are so many stress drills in the sport world introductory?
In my recent viral Facebook videos, I got a comment asking if we do stress drills they often see on other videos, things like loud noises, rattle cans and weird items around the dog.
Many stress drills have fundamental misunderstandings of the dog's mental capabilities and rationale.
- Dogs can't reason the same way humans can
- Dogs are pattern driven, experiential creatures
- Well bred dogs do not experience fear the same way a human does. Can it hurt me? Can I fight it?
We give examples of low stress drills (great starting points) and high stress drills (where we want to be for protection dogs).
