Jan Van Maren

Yeah, and in dog sport, everything is about conditioning. Conditioning behavior, conditioning the exercises. So that's also for that kind of part in the program, of course. You cannot expect the same results if you never train it. Or not enough. In some ways, we make it more difficult for ourselves to change the picture for the dog than it needs to be.

Yeah, and in dog sport, everything is about conditioning. Conditioning behavior, conditioning the exercises. So that's also for that kind of part in the program, of course. You cannot expect the same results if you never train it. Or not enough. In some ways, we make it more difficult for ourselves to change the picture for the dog than it needs to be.

Well, with young dogs, we're using it always to start. Because you need to evaluate the behaviors that the dog is showing. And if a handler is having the leash and it gets the leash at the wrong time.

Well, with young dogs, we're using it always to start. Because you need to evaluate the behaviors that the dog is showing. And if a handler is having the leash and it gets the leash at the wrong time.

Yeah, and the biggest problem is you don't know exactly what the dog should have reacted. Right. Because you're doing something to get a result. You're not doing things to look back and say, oh, he did that. No, you're doing things because you know a dog's going to give that reaction what you can reward to improve the behavior. Well, that's the way I think we should think.

Yeah, and the biggest problem is you don't know exactly what the dog should have reacted. Right. Because you're doing something to get a result. You're not doing things to look back and say, oh, he did that. No, you're doing things because you know a dog's going to give that reaction what you can reward to improve the behavior. Well, that's the way I think we should think.

Well, I think every dog is different. Every dog reacts different. Like I would tell you, like my thinking is when... So if a dog... Some dogs need to be encouraged to... To wake it up, right? But I don't see a lot of benefits for a dog that... as doing it genetically easier. I like what you're saying. There are more things than chasing someone away in our program.

Well, I think every dog is different. Every dog reacts different. Like I would tell you, like my thinking is when... So if a dog... Some dogs need to be encouraged to... To wake it up, right? But I don't see a lot of benefits for a dog that... as doing it genetically easier. I like what you're saying. There are more things than chasing someone away in our program.

Dogs are evaluated on grips and stuff. And you can use that kind of methods, but without knowledge how dogs learn, how dogs react, well, maybe you're shaping a behavior that that you eventually not want.

Dogs are evaluated on grips and stuff. And you can use that kind of methods, but without knowledge how dogs learn, how dogs react, well, maybe you're shaping a behavior that that you eventually not want.

Because if dogs chasing a helper continuously away and getting high in aggression and you don't have the knowledge how to teach a proper grip, then you're going to have a big problem with the grips and probably the outs and the control with the handler and et cetera, et cetera.

Because if dogs chasing a helper continuously away and getting high in aggression and you don't have the knowledge how to teach a proper grip, then you're going to have a big problem with the grips and probably the outs and the control with the handler and et cetera, et cetera.

And yeah, that's also a problem in the sport that we are doing. In these times, people want to look good. instead of enjoying to teach dog things, to experience different faces and trying new things. Well, it's sport that we're practicing, so it's not all written in a book how to get every type of dog, that kind of result.

And yeah, that's also a problem in the sport that we are doing. In these times, people want to look good. instead of enjoying to teach dog things, to experience different faces and trying new things. Well, it's sport that we're practicing, so it's not all written in a book how to get every type of dog, that kind of result.

You have to process it by yourself and helpers are getting better with trying things and be sharp on what the results are and Well, just experiencing the dog sport, how it should be with different phases, different drives, the different motions, the different exercises.

You have to process it by yourself and helpers are getting better with trying things and be sharp on what the results are and Well, just experiencing the dog sport, how it should be with different phases, different drives, the different motions, the different exercises.

The more exercises you're doing, the more insight you get from a dog and the more you can learn from a dog and the better you will be as helper. Right. Also at trials.

The more exercises you're doing, the more insight you get from a dog and the more you can learn from a dog and the better you will be as helper. Right. Also at trials.

We start quite early. We start quite early. What is obedience exactly? Maybe the first couple of times, if a puppy is very little, we're going to let it chase the jute and stuff. And let's see if he gets a bite or no bite. Because every dog is different. When it's in the dog, we take always a moment of rest. So they teach all other kinds of things. And after like seven, eight months, when a dog...

We start quite early. We start quite early. What is obedience exactly? Maybe the first couple of times, if a puppy is very little, we're going to let it chase the jute and stuff. And let's see if he gets a bite or no bite. Because every dog is different. When it's in the dog, we take always a moment of rest. So they teach all other kinds of things. And after like seven, eight months, when a dog...