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Date Posted: 18:20:00 11/14/03 Fri
Author: Dan G.
Subject: Re: Does A Boerboel Really Need Drive?
In reply to: NDE 's message, "Re: Does A Boerboel Really Need Drive?" on 17:02:29 11/14/03 Fri

Norm,

I agree, except here is an example of the differences that I have encountered. My GSD is Kayla and my BB is Goliath.

When I walk into the kennel area and I turn on the lights in the early morning (4:00 a.m.), I get two responses from these dogs. Kayla jumps up ready to go (as a matter of fact that happens any and every time, including just after training) where Goliath picks his head up and looks to see what I am going to do next before bothering to get up.

Ball drive? I have never been able to tire out Kayla as of yet with the ball (or bore her), I'll get bored before she does. After a few days of watching Kayla, he got the picture and started chasing it. But I have to be very careful of not overdoing it and boring him. Maybe 5 or 6 times and that's it. He retrieves naturally but when I rethrow the ball it's as if he were looking at me and thinking, "now what the hell did you go and do that for?", and if I overdo it, he will just seem to say, "now you go and get it" and just sit down and stare right at me. It took a while to get used to the staring, but I don't think it is a rank drive issue as I thought it might be in the beginning, I think it might be just because it is a different type of dog altogether (a mastiff). Maybe not, but he hasn't challenged me in any way, whereas Kayla challenges me every few weeks. Time will tell.

Prey Drive? (chasing a rag) He responds better to this, still nowhere near what Kayla does, but he is still young and maybe I can build him up with this.

Food Drive? Good responses, but still not as "drivey" as Kayla was as a pup and is as an adult.

My point being that the motivation effort on my part is just much, much more than the typical GSD needs. Of course, this is just one dog and not something to judge the whole breed on, but Kayla is one dog that the majority of the working GSD's can be similarly compared to.

Dan G.

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