I used to start manwork dogs of a tug and begin training at 8 weeks BUT your right Wilf, some like to get the basic obedience going first and start manwork at 6-8 months.............
Simoman, have you any idea of the precentage of dogs that fail to make the grade in protection or man work, and what would you put it down to, bad breeding, not enough drive,wrong temperment,??
i know a lot of german trainers are not big into the whole pack structure thinking , and have decided on more of a group mind thinking rather than the tradional dominance approach to training, they feel if you